Procol Harum....Formed in '67 in Britain(U.K.).
This is there fourth LP, Done Live on November 18Th., 1971 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
This was done with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and The Da Camera Singers.
This LP contains nine tracks.
Love, as I do on certain Album covers, this one!!
A Guitarist all his own, Robin Trower, was not with Procol on this recording. It is Mr. Dave Ball on this one.
Thank you here much!!!

A few of the top Bluenotes on any list. I cant believe what these go for. Its almost a shame, now I'm afraid of playing them. My stereo is not top of the pop chart. These are all original not reissues. Reverse address is either 47 west 61 st or 43 west 61 st. They are in remarkably excellent condition and were given to me with many others yet to be researched. I tend to listen to them on line now.

Mr. Wonder...A Musical Genius...Vivid Songwriter....Player of various Instruments....Multiple Grammy winner and many other awards to boot!
He was found out by Mr. Barry Gordy, owner and operator of Motown records.
Stevie had his first smash hit, 'Fingertips' at the age of 14. "Little Stevie" they called him!!
He soon became good friends with Miss Diana Ross of the 'Supremes' who took Stevie under her wing as well.
This disc of the ditty, 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours' was released in 1970 on the 'Tamla' label.
Later on, in '77, Mr. Peter Frampton does a cover of this tune found on his studio album, I'm In You', his follow up to 'Frampton Comes Alive'.
The song 'Superstition' is my fave by Mr. Wonder out of his long list of songs!!

If you haven't heard these, and are willing to try, two quintets and a quartet...

MAMA GET YOUR HAMMER by Bobby Peterson Quintet (1961) was the B side of a completely unremarkable R&B number. It should have been the A side but the raucousness was a bit too much for the teenage death ballad market of the early 1960s. The quintet was from Philadelphia and had a couple of moderate R&B hits before this record. This was their final record.

COLOR ME COLUMBUS by Johnny Thompson Quintet (1966) is clearly influenced by the work of Arthur Lee of Love, just a little twisted. Johnny Thompson owned a music store in Monterey Park, California where he had large array of instruments and some competent fellow musicians (who gave lessons in the backroom studios) to draw on. They get used well on this "garage" classic.

The only quartet in this group, The Fastest Group Alive had a moderate regional hit with THE BEARS (1966). It is a safe novelty reworking of an A.A. Milne poem with a beat. It's the B side that fits my criteria, and also explains the name of the band.

Mr. Glen Travis Campbell passed away yesterday on August 8Th. 2017 at the age of 81.
He was born to a very poor farm family in Billstown, Arkansas.
Glen was as good as a fellow can be..Allways helping others.
He began in the 1960s in country music and was a man who was very passionate of his music and fans!
From 'Rhinestone Cowboy' To 'Southern Nights', he had hit after hit.
This is a Live Double Album on the Capitol Lable, released in 1977...making this year the 40Th. Anniversary of its release. It is filled with 20 of his best!!
Glen passed in Nashville, Tenn.
Good Job Glen!!!!!

When I picked this up at a vintage record shop I couldn't help but think of our "Music Man Thomas" and his many great record posts and knowledge and love of music. This is a 45 RPM of American Billy Squier platinum single "Rock Me Tonight" B side " Can't get next to you". Released in 1984. Hope you enjoy.

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Sir Elton John, with one of his many singles and hits, 1972s 'Daniel' off the MCA Record label.
At one small point in the 70s, Elton was responsible for 20% of all vinyl sold!
He also was the first to redo a Beatles song commercially, 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds'.

Before you could rush right out and buy the newest Rock&Roll compilation Album from K-TEL, There was Super Hits!!
This 1967 release on the Dial/Atlantic label is chock full of some good songs...
We have Aretha Franklin, Percy Sledge, The Young Rascals and many others.
This LP is in very good condition and again, filled with some great music, not to mention some neat cover Art.

FOOTNOTE: This Post is dedicated to Mr. Jscott who is at home recuperating from surgery and who is a great lover of good ole' Rock&Roll!!!

Released on the rare and Independent Rebel Records, that was located in Crowley, Louisiana, It is Happy Fats(1915-1988).
Fats was a string Cajun musician who took country music with Cajun and made a style all his own.
This 45 contains the titles, 'Veterans Plea' and 'Dear Mr. President'.
Both of these are spoken word set to the background of his music.
This disc is numbered 501.

This is the 1983 debut album "She's So Unusual " by American singer- songwriter Cyndi Lauper. Six singles were released from this including Girls just want to have fun, Time after time and She Bop. It has gone an amazing six times platinum and over 16 million sold world wide. She is also the first woman to have four top five single on one record .Video was a big reason for the success heavy air play by MTV . Hope you enjoy.

It is Foreigner with their follow up to their debut album, 'Double Vision'. Released in 1978 on the Atlantic Lable, this LP became a instant multi platinum seller!
I first seen these guys in '77 during their first tour and I was twelve years old and snuck into the concert! Anyone else do that??? Lol!
Lou Grahm went on to a solo career after a brief hiatus and had a minor hit with the ditty, 'Midnight Blue', A great song!!

The Eagles with their single, from 1975, 'One Of These Nights', off of the same Album of the same name.
Alot of History with this band...From Southern California Where they began..To many members coming and going to the passing of Glen Frey...and throughout it all, they percevered!
A Great All Around Band!!!

This is a album set of 11. No other information on cover. It is made by the Brunswick - Balke - Collender Company. I have tried to find another one similar with no luck. Maybe not looking in the right places. I know there are some very knowledgeable people on this site. Any help or advice is appreciated!!!

Van Halen with their first single off of their '1984' Album. A song here that became The Halen boys their first only #1 single, with a little help from MTV pumping the video through the tube often!
Eddie plays both keyboards and Guitar in this song..mixed in studio, however, in performing it in Concert, He chose the keyboard and filled in the guitar licks with keyboard. No guitar in song in Concert.

This is the third studio LP by American garage rock due The White Stripes titled " White Blood Cells " released in 2001. It propelled them to a mainstream success. Fell in love with a girl was the big single. The LP was dedicated to Loretta Lynn who Jack White would later produce her come back album. This is a great record and is already in the top 500 lps of all time. Hope you enjoy.

This is Santana's 2nd album 'ABRAXAS' (1970) Carlos Santana formed the band back in 1968-69 in San Fransisco. His guitar play is legendary. They broke out with a great performance at the 1969 Woodstock festival. They screamed onto the scene with their Afro-Latin-blues-rock fusion sound. That he is still performing to this day. With a concert coming here in the Detroit area, next wed 8-9-17. I will be attending as I have seen Santana many many times over the years.
This album has the extremely well known song 'Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen' on it. I personally go in for more of the deep cuts. Black Magic Woman has received tremendous radio airplay since it was released. My mom absolutly adores the guitar tune 'Samba Pa Ti' off of this album.
Personnel:
Carlos Santana - lead guitar & vocal
Greg Rolie - keyboards & vocals
Dave Brown - bass (R.I.P)
Mike Shrieve - drums
Jose Areas - timbales & conga
Mike Carabello - conga
Side note, Greg Rolie along with Neal Schon who later in 1971 joined broke off from Santana to form Journey. Who put out 3 incredible rock/fusion albums I like far better than the Journey more well known with Steve Perry on vocals. Steve Perry joined after the 3rd Journey album.

Mr. Herbert Jay Solomon or 'Herbie Mann'.
Great Jazz flutist!!!.....Born in 1930 in Brooklyn, New York, He began recording in the early 50s.
This disc, 'Brazil, Bossa Nova & Blues' was released in 1962 on the United Artists Jazz label.
Disc and cover in great condition!
Cool B&W photo Art of Him on cover!
This disc is #14009-A.

The is the debut LP for former Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne. Released in 1980 featuring guitar legend Randy Rhodes who left Quiet Riot to join Ozzy. It has sold more than 6 million albums world wide as is his best selling album. Ranked in many top ten metal LP lists. Hope you enjoy.

George Harrisons iconic 1970 release of his signature song, 'My Sweet Lord' on The also iconic Apple label.
George was the first Beatle to have a number one song after the breakup with this ditty! Soon, It was Paul Mcartney with 'Band On The Run' with his group, 'Wings'.
Soon after, Paul would take full control of The Apple label.
This is a Beautiful song!!!!

This is the 2002 re-release of the 1969 release The Rolling Stones "Let It Bleed ". It was the first LP to feature guitarist Mick Taylor and sadly the last to feature Brian Jones who died of an overdose several months before the 69 release. It removed Abbey Road by the Beatles for top LP of the time. This was the Stones at their best. A string of four lps which included Beggars Banquet, Sticky Fingers, and Exile on Main Street many consider the best run of rock music by anyone. The lp has gone double Platinum in the United States. Very influenced by African American music ( gospel and blues ) and hits including Gimme Shelter, Midnight Rambler and You can't always get what you want. Cover art by Robert Brownjohn. All songs written by Mick and Keith except " Love in Vain " a Robert Johnson song .It was the last LP they recorded it mono and is highly sought by collectors. Hope you enjoy.

Alice Coopers' 1975 release on the Atlantic label, 'Welcome To My Nightmare'.
A very classic Album by the shock rocker!
This disc guest stars Mr. Vincent Price doing some narrative work on this.
Today, Alice hosts a nationally radio syndicated show called, 'Nights with Alice Cooper' out of Phoenix, Arizona, his home.

These 3 albums are from one of my all time favorite bands, YES. In my opinion one of the best progressive rock bands of all time. They began life in 1968, when bassist Chris Squire(R.I.P.) met vocalist Jon Anderson in a night club in London. From there they went on to reach supergroup status. Releasing a vast array of incredible music. These 3 are my favorites.
'Relayer' 1974 with Patrick Moraz on keyboards.
'Tales From Topographic Oceans' 1973 double album. Each side containing one extended piece of music.
'Close To The Edge' 1972.

All these albums have extended pieces of complex music on them. Incredible musicianship. They band went thru a good amount of personnel changes thru-out the yrs and are still performing in one way or another to this day.
Music from these 3 might not be as well known compared to tunes like 'Roundabout' 'I've Seen All Good People' and from the 80's 'Owner Of A Lonely Heart'. These are more well known and on the radio.

All the art work was done by the great Roger Dean. An incredible artist that has done many a 'YES' album as well as many other artists albums, including Uriah Heep, Gun and others. Roger Dean has toured with Yes in the 70's creating some of the most wild and far-out stage setups in history. I could go on & on about this band but that's enough for now.(3rd pic is a poem inside of the Relayer album)
Enjoy!
Thanx for listening!

This is just a post for JImam, who posted a great Atomic look 45 record box, with a collection of 45 records all around.
This is my collection, that I have in my dull brown and beige 45 record box, Scouting memorabilia! :^D
Thanks for looking, all comments welcome! :^)

Sonny and Cher...What a History! Stemming back to the 60s with this single to 1965 on the Atco/Atlantic label.
They were a team! Hosting their own variety show with slapstick pun comedy at each other that soon turned to not so fun. When the puns and jokes became real they split up...Cher embarking on a fine solo career and Sonny becoming a congressman for the state of California.
Sonny died in a freak skiing accident that just devastated Cher...She still Loved him!!
Later on, Cher releases her song 'Believe', making her the oldest woman to debut at #1 on the Billboard charts. She was 52.

This is a early..1961..release by Bonds on his first label, 'Legrand'.
Born in 1939 in Jacksonville, Florida..Gary..A R&B singer (And still today at 78!!), was raised however in Norfolk, Virgnia.
His biggest hit was just ahead of this disc, a song called 'A Quarter To Three'

This is a 1958 compilation Album of some of Rock&Rolls' earliest hits with groups that would be considered obscure by most today!
We have ' The Five Satins' with their big one, ' In The Still Of The Night', The group the 'Penguins' with 'Earth Angel' and many more!!!
This record was done in all 'Mono' sound and was done by the 'Original Sound Record Company'.
It is numbered: OSR-LPM 5001.

Hermans' Hermits...Who hail from the same locale as the Fab Four..Liverpool, England(U.K.).
They took their name from a character on the 'Bullwinkle' show.
This is their first two Albums.
They broke out with the ditty, 'Mrs. Brown You Have A Lovely Daughter'

Mr. Jackson Browne with a early Album by him, the 1974 release of 'Late For The Sky', released just shortly after his stint with the Eagles. As a matter of fact, He wrote their breakthrough song 'Take It Easy'.
My Fave by him is the 'Running On Empty' LP which contains my favorite song by him, ' The Load Out/Stay'.
I love the cover scene on this LP as well...just so natural to me.
A songwriter, musician and a all around great guy!!!

Mr. Robin Trower...Born in '54 in Catford, England (U.K.), has a career spanning back to the 60s with the underrated group, 'Procol Harem'.
This is Trowers disc, 'Caravan To Midnight'...1978...'Chrysalis' Records....33 1/3 Format.

51 Years Ago from today, on a Saturday at 4:27 PM, I was born...And today on the 51, I'd like to give YOU a Present! A 'Higher Love', a prosperous year and Peace....
Steve Winwoods' Love on 45 rpm vinyl.
A great song about searching for more..something past ourselves......

I have been told that this record I have is as rare & as valuable as the musical lp Caine Mutiny which was also stopped by the manufactures from release on the market which reputably sold for more than $10,000.Any facts or comments on its history appreciated,as little is available.Thank you

I was given a hoard of Jazz 45 s and lps. 4 maybe 5 hundred albums and 4 hundred 45s, all from a friend who passed away. Blue notes , impulse, riversides... Too many to name . I am having a ball listening and looking at covers . In the background is an alto sax that we both played, alto I mean. I started honking it again in the basement.

Ahh..That distinctive voice, whether it's Rock, Blues, Jazz, etc., Rickie has the voice!!
She was born in Chicago, Illinois and Her career has spanned over four decades.
An obscure song for Rickie was a duet with John Mellencamp called, 'Between A Laugh And A Tear', found on Mellencamps '1985 'Scarecrow' Album.
This LP features her signature song, 'Chuck E.'s In Love'

1970 was a productive year for Frank Zappa but his frustration with the record company interference was beginning show. Though it was largely material from two to three years earlier, Frank gave his 1970 release a title that expressed his feelings - "Weasels Ripped My Flesh". Almost concurrently released with Weasels was the album "Burnt Weenie Sandwich".

"Uncle Meat", actually released a few months earlier in 1969, is a two-disc soundtrack album for a then unrealized movie of the same name. Largely a complex studio created work that even many of his fans found challenging, it probably didn't help his record company relationship. The album, aside from that, resurrected a track, "King Kong", from the first Mothers album that would play an important part in the next album.

In May of 1970 at UCLA's Pauley Pavillion (not necessarily known for its fine acoustics), The Mothers and the L.A. Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Zubin Mehta got together for an evening concert. The Philharmonic opened for a couple numbers then were joined by The Mothers to do an Edgar Varese number (Integrales). Next was a Mothers set accompanied by The Phil unveiling music from "200 Motels"- a most amazing spectacle to watch. Frank had a non-conventional conducting style. Some of the orchestra members got it, some didn't. At the end of that set Frank invited any orchestra member who wanted to stay for the jam, "We're gonna do "King Kong" in E flat." I suppose bassoon players don't get many opportunities so given a chance to let loose, he did just that with an unworldly noise that was surely the highlight of the night. That whole experience was recorded and released on a Hogfat bootleg.

Mr. Frank Zappa...Recorded live in 1976 at the 'Felt Forum' on Halloween and the 'Palladium' in New York City the week of Christmas. Total Attendance was 27,500...A Good sum in '76.
This is pure Zappa..From the one sided 'Purple Lagoon', 'The Black Page..one and two and some songs..Well..have inappropriate titles for our guidelines know how! Lol!!!!
Zappa is all his own! Names his children Dweezil and Moon...And gave us the Far side...
Gatefold cover...Label..'Discreet Records'...Double LP...

Kansas...(1973 To Present)....They hail from Topeka, Kansas and were a 'Arena' Rock group that toured exstensively throughout the 70s and still do today...As a matter of fact, They are on tour presently doing only this entire Album, 'Leftoverture'. Why?? This year marks the 40Th. Anniversary of the release, 1977.
THANK YOU HERE!!

This 1950 LP of 'Frosty The Snowman' is a all time Childrens Christmas favorite!
This Disc is chock full of Christmas tunes from the day that continue today.
This Album was released on the 'Diplomat' Lable.
Don't let Him melt now...Christmas is only five months away! Lol!!

THE QUEEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC..........................Born in an area called Butcher Hollow in Kentucky. You can get on Country Music Row (HWY. 23) and go to Van Lear, Kentucky. Go to the general store there and ask for Herman, Lorettas' Brother...He will give you the directions to Her childhood home. The same home used in 'Coal Miners' Daughter', The movie.
THANK YOU!

Columbia records introduced the 33 1/3 rpm microgroove record pressed in vinylite , which they called the "LP" (for Long Playing) to the general public in June, 1948. Prior to this, virtually all commercial discs were at 78 rpm, 33 1/3 being mainly used for radio transcriptions, which made lower demands on sonic fidelity.

This is an LP from the first year such records were issued, handwritten on the sleeve is "xmas 1948- from Carl"

I've also included the full-page ad Columbia ran in "Life" magazine on October 11, 1948 about their new product.

My portable phonograph is missing its record carrier and has no markings anywhere on it that indicate who made or sold it, but unscrewing the bedplate revealed the "Silvertone" brand name, which told me it was sold by Sears. I suspect the "Silvertone" logo was on the record carrier. Anyway, a look through the Sears catalogs dates this one to 1938 or 1939.

Leading up to Canada's 150th birthday Saturday I thought I would share a few Canadian items. This is the 2015 release of Pagans In Vegas by Metric. Indie, New Wave, post punk revival, is their style. The members are Emily Haines vocals, James Shaw guitar, Joshua Winstead bass and Joules Scott-Key drums. Probably my favourite Canadian group of the last 15 years. This is a double LP in white vinyl. Hope you enjoy

I like the musical iconoclasts - the folks that shove other musicians in new directions. Mayo Thompson has been out there shoving since the late 1960s. He is the driving force behind The Red Krayola (a band also known as The Red Crayola, a name they were forced to change by the corporate ownership of the actual Crayola makers) out of Houston, Texas. The Red Krayola has released many albums and collaborations over the years - Mayo Thompson, as a solo artist, has released just one.

"Corky's Debt to his Father" dates from 1970 and was one of those releases that was unnoticed by most of the public. "God Bless The Red Krayola and All Who Sail With it", from 1968, was the band's second album (the first was as The Red Crayola) but still they were little known outside of Houston. A couple things helped. A marketing association with The 13th Floor Elevators flopped (they are pretty different bands but both were thought of as weird novelties at the time) but gave them some national exposure. Mayo toured as a guitarist for Pere Ubu around this time which gave him "cult" credibility.

The Red Krayola continues to grow in influence and genuinely have their own cult following now.

I thought these were so great! My very thoughtful neighbor picked these up this weekend. She knew I have a Victrola to play them on. I think they are amazing. I haven't listened to them yet but will check them out today. Thanks for looking!

This is the 1981 release of Canadian New Wave group " The Motels featuring singer songwriter Martha Davies. Certified gold the lp reached #7 on the billboard charts. Only the lonely was the biggest hit and won Davies a MTV video award. Hope you enjoy.

This is the 1981 debut release of California New Wave band the Go Go's titled Beauty And The Beat. It was proceeded by the single We Got The Beat . It hit #1 one for six weeks and is one of the most successful debut lps. Our lips are sealed was another hit from the LP as well. Hope you enjoy.

This is the 1975 release of British Rock group Queen titled A Night At The Opera. Freddie Mercury vocals, Brian May guitar ,Rodger Taylor drums and John Deacon bass. The LP hit #1 in Great Britain and produced there first UK #1 single "Bohemian Rhapsody" Great lp. Hope you enjoy.

This is an original sealed 8-Track copy of the "Wedding Album". This copy belonged to John Lennon himself. This is a first issue boxed set. It's complete with wedding pics...news clippings about the couple...and a photo of a piece of the wedding cake.This was released on vinyl...cassette,...and 8 track tape on Oct.20, 1969. It got as high as #178 on the charts. From Lelands Auction House.

Antique show and flea market each month a short ride east of Lexington, KY. I have a weakness for the old talking machines. This guy had this great exhibit . Wish I could show more, but only 4 pix so I'll show what would fit in.

Hi all my husband acquired this classic through a house clearance; the owner of the home collected a lot of vinyl and arts (glass, paintings), we believe that she attended an EMI preview (letter in set) OR a concert to obtain the signature..... We are really excited about it, we can only find 2 others on the internet, neither of which are signed by the conductor, Yehudi Menuhin! We are completely ignorant to the classical music collection scene and would appreciate any comments regarding this set... thank you!

Hello everyone here at CW. I have been wanting to post a tribute to the late great fusion guitarist Allan Holdsworth. (work has me very busy). He pasted away on April 15 2017 at the age of 70. He was a pioneer in fusion guitar work. I was lucky enough to see him live back in the mid 80's. His career spans 5 decades. He has played with many greats such as Soft Machine, Jean Luc Ponty, UK, Gong and many others. He also has a great catalog of solo material. He experimented with a new guitar in the 80's the 'Synth Axe'. He will surely missed in the music world.
Thanx for listening!

I got these with my recent purchase of my victrola. I have not listened to them yet. Planning on checking them out today. I have not researched any of the songs yet. But soon will. . Any thoughts are welcome! Thanks for looking!

Walt Disney World Resorts 8" Bobble head Mickey Mouse Mfg. for Kellogg Co.
The back grounds are

"Live" Full House is the first live album, and third album overall, by American rock band The J. Geils Band, released in 1972. The album peaked at #54 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States

"Ghost Town" is a song by the British 2 Tone band The Specials, released on 12 June 198

While my contemporaries were wasting their time listening to Pink Floyd, I was wasting mine listening to The Firesign Theater. Phil Proctor, Peter Bergman, David Ossman, and Phil Austin, as The Firesign Theater, broadcast a live radio show from The Magic Mushroom in Devonshire Downs unlike anything else on the airwaves. They would do readings of "Winnie the Pooh" and "La Muerte y La Brujula" along with the signature surrealistic radio plays that would become their record albums.

The first album "Waiting for the Electrician..." came out in January 1968. By 1971, with their fourth album "I Think We're All Bozos on This Bus", the format had developed into a full concept album of an hilarious brain-stimulating (and somewhat prophetic) look at the future. The ensuing albums continue with their high-minded satirical look at human activity.

This is not music and these are not albums for multi-taskers - they require that you pay attention. It's worth the effort. Settle back, let the air out of your shoes, and enjoy the spin.

1960s Harlem Globetrotters 45 RPM Record & Sleeve, Brother Bones And The Joe Darensbourg Quintette* ?– The World Famous Theme Song Of The Harlem Globetrotters Sweet Georgia Brown, cant find exact year of this 45 record i have seen 1945 on the sweet georgia brown song.

Harold Ray Ragsdale, known professionally as Ray Stevens, is an American country and pop singer-songwriter and comedian, known for his Grammy-winning recordings "Everything Is Beautiful"
January 24, 1939 (age 78 years), Clarkdale, Georgia, GA
Have many of his songs on 8 track, cassett, lp, 45, and VHS, \
made me laugh lot's
( The Streak ) was a great tune & video...

This awesome original vinyl record Original Motion Picture Sound Track is from the 1960s<br>
from one of the very First James Bond Movies "THUNDERBALL" which features Sean Connery on both the front and back covers in some of the classic Bond Artwork poses.
The Vinyl record is in Stereo, and published in 1966 by united artists and was pressed in the USA.
The Title song on this Album was sung by Tom Jones.
The records has been tested by me on my pioneer player and is its super clean and plays fine.
It includes the original vinyl record, outer record cover and the original inner dusts jacket.
The Covert Art is bright and Bold with no signs of fading or mold or mildew.

Seven years ago i bought this LYNYRD SKYNYRD 100 PROOF BLOOZE album for $ 1.00. I looked it up only found one site at that time and it said from the U.K. and that the album was ( Unknown ) now after 7 years the net has probally 20 of these but they misspell ( BLOOZE ) to ( BLUES ) then the there picture of the band is a Pink sheet while mine is a Purple sheet so i really do not know if mine is Original ? as in BOOTLEG or anything it wasn't sealed. But i put it in saran wrap its in great condition i never played it, no scratches, The SB-7376-A is etched in the middle my pic is blurry, Well this all the info i have on it, Have a great day yall...

Tracks:

Side One

SB-7376-A

Live in Memphis 11/5/1973

I Ain't The One (Memphis 73)

Woman Of Mine (Memphis 73)

Woman Of Mine was never released by the Band.

They Call Me The Breeze (Reunion Hour)

I'm A Whiskey Rock N Roller

Side Two

SB-7376-B

Memphis 11/5/1973

& Cardiff 1976

Sweet Home Alabama (UK 1976)

Freebird (UK 1976)

They Call Me The Breeze (UK 1976)

Now this site has one like mine,
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/lynyrd-skynyrd-100-proof-blooze-vinyl-293784808

This is the 1984 release of British industrial rock band Dire Straits titled " Alchemy " on two vinyl. Cover art work by Bret Whiteley. Written and produced by Mark Knopfler. Recorded live at the Hammersmith Odeon in London. Twenty five years have passed since there split. Hope you enjoy.

1969 Down On The Corner, & 1969 Fortunate Son, I don't like when places puts those sale price stickers on items, you can get them off metal, plastic, glass, useing WD40, but paper on paper you have to leave or it will peel and tear.

I recently aquired this radio/record player Other than the Telefunken trade mark on the front there is no reference to the model or year The lever for selecting the size of record is stuck and I'm hoping that by identifying the model number I can fix this beautiful piece of history as it is still in mint condition And the sound is just amazing!

This is The Living French a complete language coarse. Four 10" vinyl 33 1/3 RPM records with common use dictionary will have you speaking French in just six weeks. After this Hebrew and Russian still has a coupon. Patent dates 1946 1955 . Hope you enjoy.

"They began months ago, the rumours of an event that at first seemed hardly believable but which in the end was accepted as all but inevitable… The unmistakable vocals make it clear that this is indeed what it appears to be: John Lennon, Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, and Bob Dylan, backed by George Harrison and a drummer as yet unnamed – the 'Masked Marauders'… All the hassles of creating a special label, of re-arranging schedules, chartering plane, and minimizing the inevitable 'ego conflicts' were worth it. It can truly be said that this album is more than a way of life; it is life." By T.M. Christian, October 18, 1969

This is an excerpt from the original record review (by then Rolling Stone Magazine editor Greil Marcus using the pseudonym T.M. Christian) that began a pre-internet analog equivalent of a viral video. 1969 was the rock & roll Year of the Supergroup and the public totally overlooked the preposterousness in their willingness to believe. This was the supergroup of our dreams.

Rolling Stone was inundated with queries about the availability of this album. Seems none of the local record stores could locate it, so Rolling Stone decided to extend the hoax. They secretly recorded the "sessions" (actually performed by San Francisco area Cleanliness & Godliness Skiffle Band) and "leaked" a couple tracks to a couple radio stations. Meanwhile, Warner Brothers/Reprise Records got involved, created the Deity Label specifically (and only) for the album's release.

The initial release was a huge sales success but everyone realized in about four notes that this was not some dream session by our rock idols. Now, it's getting close to fifty years since this album was released and it is still raunchy, low-tech fun with little further commercial potential.

Step right up and don't be shy,
Because you will not believe your eyes.
She's right here behind the glass
And you're gonna like her,
Cause she's got class.
You can look inside another world.
You get to talk to a pretty girl.
She's everything you dream about
But don't fall in love
She's a beauty
One in a million girls,
She's a beauty.
Why would I lie?
Why would I lie?

The Little Engine that Could,” with Paul Wing narrating, along with sound effects, was released
on two 10" 78 rpm discs as part of the RCA Victor Youth Series (Y341) in 1948. The story was
credited to Mabel C. Bragg, a small notice on the back cover indicates by special arrangement
with Platt and Munk. Inside are a series of monochrome illustrations with some text. The total
recording length was 13:44. These records were also released as 7" 45 rpm records in yellow
vinyl as WY341 and in a version with a 24-page read-along story book as WY384 in October
1949. This was part of the RCA Victor Little Nipper Series; the barking of “Little Nipper” was a
signal to the child to turn the page. The musical background was by Norman Leyden, Frank

Bought several years ago i was cleaning my closet out yesterday and found them bought both for one as parts if one broke they both work good i don't know anything more about them then what the label say's i searched the web everywhere seen some that looked sort of like but wasn't. And the 45 is Steve Martin and the Toot Uncommons song KING TUT. if any body can find this on net let me know please Thank You..

This is the third studio album by British punk/ rock band The Clash titled London Calling it was released in 1979. It was voted #8 on the Rolling Stones top 500 albums. Mick Jones, Joe Stummer, Paul Simonon, and Topper Headon were the band members. This is new vinyl and sounds superb. Hope you enjoy.

We have been looking for extra record storage for our growing collection and found this amazing Lane record cabinet on Craigslist. I was skeptical when my wife told me she had bought it but fell in love when she brought it home.

This is the fourth internationally released album ( fifth Australian) by rock gods AC/DC. This was released in 1978 with new bassist Cliff Williams. Underrated it wasn't there most popular LP but one of my favorites. Very blues like feel to this LP. This is a new vinyl and sounds superb. Hope you enjoy.

Got this tough to find Record from 1924 of Calvin Coolidge during his presidential Campaign. This is wonderful condition and to top it off there was a sealed letter attached and when I opened it I found what appears to be live Ink Signatures from Both President Coolidge and Woodrow Wilson!

Ever wonder why there is music? To paraphrase Man Ray, the business of humans on this planet is to procreate and to make noise. Those that do it artfully win favor.

In my opinion, music probably preceded language in human history. Humans learned to make sounds imitating their prey and they drummed rhythms to communicate alerts. Back at the camp, the sing-songy cooing of motherhood conditioned young minds to find pleasure in these rhythms and melodies. How could they know this would lead to rock & roll?

I think this is a South Korean pressing. The Beatles 1967- 1970. Note the label is wrong with the names of some of the song titles. Going to have to listen to this to see if the recording sounds good......

This is the 2007 release of The White Stripes " Under Great White Northern Lights" on LP. This is a live album all recorded live during the band's 10th anniversary tour across Canada. I was lucky enough to get a ticket for the Cape Breton performance. Jack White has family ties to Cape Breton , fiddle greats Buddy McMaster, Ashley MacIassic and Natalie McMaster. His mother was also born here. This was the last show in the tour which they played a fifteen song encore set. Hope you enjoy.

I bought all of the individual box sets as they were released starting fifteen or so years ago. Only just recently found the case, brand new, and complete with all of the accessories—poster, t-shirt, and a replicate of Miles' trumpet mouthpiece.

Recordings start with Miles' 1955 Rond Midnight sessions, and go through 1972s On the Corner. This set is a cornerstone of my music collection!

Columbia 78 RPM record about the sinking of the Lusitania. The record was released May 20th 1915, less than two weeks after the sinking on May 7th 1915 when 1,198 of the 1,959 on board lost their lives do to a torpedo fired from a German U- boat.

More music here CW folks! Steve Hackett. Guitarist most notably from the Prog Rock band Genesis. He was not the first guitarist for that band. That was Anthony Phillips. Steve joined in late 1970. His 1st album with Genesis was 'Nursery Chryme', their 3rd album. He went on to make a total of 7 albums with Genesis until 1977 when he left to pursue his solo career.

He has also done collaborations with others. Notably in 1986 with guitarist Steve Howe(Yes) for the 'GTR' album. He has also done a collaboration with now deceased bass guitarist extraordinaire Chris Squire(Yes) a few yrs back.

His solo career carries on to this day, in fact that is one of the reasons for this post. He is playing live tonite 3-1-17 in Royal Oak Mi. I will be attending . It should be a magical show.

1st - His first solo album while still in Genesis, Voyage Of The Acolyte. 1975
2nd - Defector 1980
3rd - Highly Strung 1982
4th - Bay Of Kings 1983

Experimentation with electronically generated sound began early. Radio technology opened a new realm to exploitation. The theremin was invented in 1920 and marketed by the end of that decade. If it weren't for the Stock Market crash of 1929 and the following Great Depression, the theremin would likely have become a popular diversion rather than a novelty and sci-fi noise maker.

Then came the war. Top secret laboratories in the US, England, and Australia were developing what would be a huge advancement in the creation and use of sound. The end of the war brought time for diversion. An recent article in Archaeology Today describes that first step into modern digital music - http://www.archaeology.org/issues/250-1703/trenches/5295-trenches-england-turing-digital-music - they had no idea what was to come.

From there, the Space Race certainly fueled both the technology and the imagination and things happened rocket fast. The name most associated with this change is probably Dr. Robert Moog. Moog didn't really invent the synthesizer but he was the guy that interfaced it with a keyboard and, more importantly, produced a product accessible to a working person's budget.

Musicians scrambled to use this new technology. By the end of the 1960s, just twenty years after the first digital notes were created using machines as big as a house, there were "Moog synthesizer" recordings galore. Walter (now Wendy) Carlos played Bach on a dining room table (thanks again to Discogs.com for the image), Dick Hyman composed some improvisational Moog jazz, Gershon Kingsley performed a live four-Moog quartet at Carnegie Hall (and released an incredibly weird recording of it), and a group called The United States of America carted around a truckload of custom-made synthesizers. Synthesizers were in place in most professional recording studios. Digital electronic sound was on the way to becoming mainstream.

Today, synclaviers, synthesizers, and drum machines are common elements of pop music. They may not replace musicians - they are still tools after all - but it may not be long before they are competitors.

The great Al DiMeola! One of the best Jazz - Rock - Fusion guitarists of all time. He is playing live tonight 2-21-17 in Royal Oak Mi. And I am going! His career spans over 4 decades. The band he was most prolific with was Return To forever. They were prominent during the early to mid 70's. Then a reformation in 2005 or 06. He also has an illustrious solo career as well as many collaborations with other Jazz Fusion greats.

This tour is the 40th anniversary of his acclaimed 'Elegant Gypsy' album 1977. I can't seem to find my record copy of it. I do have it on cd also.

Hi, I just got this Amphona antique record player for free has any one seen a Amphona player before ? I can't seem to google any it works but I think it's called the reproducer has been taped together.it came with 3 records would also like to know what kind of 78 records can this play I know basically nothing about this. I would also like to know what model/maker and like when it was made and what wood I think it is mahogany and what may it be worth. Thanks for reading.

In 1913, Italian artist Luigi Russolo wrote a manifesto entitled "The Art of Noises". This treatise entertained the idea that the industrial revolution had created a new vocabulary of sound that could, and should, be incorporated into the sounds of modern music. To this end, Russolo built his own "instruments" and staged a concert. The audience responded with vegetables, rocks, and bottles.

This was possibly the beginning of what I call "difficult listening". Russolo's performance may not have achieved its desired result but his theory was not unnoticed. Noise began to appear in the works of composers like Stockhausen and Varese. In the 1940s, John Cage emerged as the leading theoretician of noise and spontaneity. He felt that all sound could, and should, be used creatively. To this end, he directed "happenings" and wrote pieces for silence. Cage is still viewed as a rebel but noise and spontaneity have become more and more prevalent in the music of today.

Moving forward to 1966, two items that brought this musical change into my life.

Spontaneous Sound was the name given to live presentations given by Christopher Tree. Tree had an array of gongs, chimes, bells, and shawms that he would use to create an exciting atmosphere for his often psychedelicized audience. It is not difficult to listen to - it appeals on a primitive genetic level - but it is difficult to musically describe. This record was sold at his performances.

Around the same time, Contact High by The Godz was released from the Lower East Side of New York City by Esperanto Records. Esperanto had a history of spoken word poetry and avant-garde jazz, and was the label of The Fugs ( a group with marginal musical capabilities), but this record was a stretch even for them. The Godz made celebratory noise that sounded sort of like music.

There have been several contenders to be the first to bring noise to rock 'n' roll - for me, it was The Godz.

Since I no longer own a copy of "Contact High" and have copied the images from https://www.discogs.com/search/ - let me put in a plug for their excellent research site and hope my usage is educational enough they won't complain.

Hello everyone! I just got this cool old record album case from my boss yesterday. He has 6 of them full of records and he didn't want this one. Probably because of the small piece of broken out glass in the upper left corner. He also replaced the top piece of wood. The glass has a very cool musical pattern inlayed in it. I hope the pics show that good. He dosen't remember where he got them from but has had them for over 30 yrs. I like it a lot.
Hope you enjoy!

found this in my basement autographed by the whole group ......i think this is from the 60's ....it do woop sound kind of sounds like manhattan transfer ....can anybody tell me anything about this ...and the =vale i can't located any info on this not even in my lp books

3rd is U.K. A great prog rock band some might not be aware of. 1978-80.

4th is Asia. the early 8o's supergroup. 1982-85.

These are most of the records I have with him. I also have them on CD as well.(and probably some on cassette tape). He has many other solo music projects as well. Another note is that all of these bands are still going in some form . A true testament to musical talent.

THIS IS A RARE VINTAGE VINYL RECORD BY HARRY WATERSON CALLED LIITLE WONDER RECORDS THIS ONE IS 5 1/2 INCHES ONE SIDED IT SOLD AT WOOLWORTHS IN NEW YORK FOR TEN CENTS BETWEEN 1915-1923 IT PLAYED AT 80 RPM . AND LASTED AROUND TWO MINUTES. THIS ONE IS SCARE NUMBER 954 CALLED. WHAT YANKEE DOODLE SAYS HE'LL DO, HE'LL DO. THESE ARE HARD TO FIND IN GOOD CONDITION THIS ONE IS A NICE ONE
HOPE YOU LIKE IT

These are the sort of noises that rattle around in my mind when it's not otherwise occupied. To me, this is a very natural sort of music. It is primitive sounding and alien in an ancient sort of way. It is all organic with no electronic enhancements. It is a sound based in zithers, marimbas, and gongs - if you can call them that. Harry Partch built all his own instruments. He called himself "a philosophical musician seduced by carpentry". But it doesn't stop there. Harry Partch built a whole new theory of music with a scale that divided the usual (in Occidental music) twelve-tone octave into an octave with 43 irregular intervals. He had his reasons. This is imperceptible to most listeners but tends to bother musicians.

There is a good selection of his work available on YouTube (including all of these records) and there are websites galore exploring his music and theories.

A comment and my response on my previous DL posting made me realize that I don't want to be too exclusive in the idea of what may be difficult to listen to - I mean, Santana can send me screaming from the room and a lot of things that were "difficult" at first have just become "oldies" now. That's sort of the way I feel about these records - they're just oldies now, but they did push some of the boundaries in their day.

Black Flag was a Southern California band with a definite hardcore punk stance. This record, "Jealous Again", is a 12" 45 from 1980. The Minutemen album, "What Makes a Man Start Fires?", from 1983, adds some quirkier music to the basic punk style. A year later, The Butthole Surfers blew in from Texas with an intentionally offensive punk-ish attitude that morphed into some solid middle-of-the-road rock 'n' roll later in their career.

These records are what I think of as the Western flavor (as opposed to the "No Wave" of the East Coast) of American punk rock. SST Records in Southern California and Alternative Tentacles in Northern California were the top labels and were responsible for these and many other releases.

I'd like to start a personal thread here for what I call "Difficult Listening". You know, the opposite of "Easy Listening" - music that challenges your preconceptions of what music should be. This can come from anywhere. Every genre of musical expression has elements within it that push the boundaries of the expected format. From that, in my opinion, the format is broadened, or as Frank Zappa put it, "Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible."

I'm starting this thread with Dr. Eugene Chadbourne, a guitarist whose records have irritated more of my friends than possibly any other records I've played. It's not easy to describe what you will hear. Dr. Gene plays riffs that no other guitarist would try (or often, would want to try). Sounds come from his guitars that are just not what are supposed to be coming from a wooden box. A human mp3 player, his repertoire includes everything from Bach to Thelonius Monk, The Beatles to Captain Beefheart. A recent release of Merle Haggard covers is a delight, taking Merle to the heights of absurdity. ("Merles Just Want to Have Fun" by Bryan and The Haggards)

The first release to get any national exposure was "Earth vs Shockabilly" (by Shockabilly, with Eugene Chadbourne), coming out in 1983. The Shockabilly group only held together for a couple years and all the while Chadbourne would release independent projects and collaborations. "Country Music of Southeastern Australia", from 1984, is one of those recordings.

There are dozens of records and CDs by Chadbourne or various collaborations. If you count the one-of-a-kind cassette tapes he would sell at his shows, there are probably thousands of recordings out there. Most of them will, if nothing else, present familiar songs in unfamiliar ways, often with a dose of social conscience thrown into the mix.

I believe this is a very rare item, wich dates van 1983. About 9" high and wide and in very good condition, this item i found at a small electro shop wich was closing. From that point i did a lot of research ,though i have never seen a double or known a person that has one. Wich makes it for me a fasciniating unsolved secret.

This is the 1984 release of American artist Bruce Springsteen " Born in the U.S.A. His most successful lp it produced 7 top ten hits and launched the career of Courtney Cox. One of my favorites fro m the eighties. Hope you enjoy.

HOME RECORDING DISCS 1940--These recorded 1941 and 1942
Two Brands Shown. FEDERAL, blue --l and HAMMER-HILL, orange.
My dad made these recordings and many more I still have of friends and family and interesting radio talks of then President Roosevelt

Even tho I was just a little child I remember the Patriotism of WW11--In celebration of my mom's cousin, a sailor Herbert Larson,of Minn. the whole family had something patriotic on and we went to the zoo. I had a little flag I carried all the way. My father made a home made recording on one of the very first machines to do home recordings on, the discs were cream colored ( now yellowed) an about the size of a 45 .
I HAVE THEM PICTURED #2 FEDERAL & HAMMER-HILL HOME RECORDING DISCS
I sang a song about marching and there was guitar playing background of patriotic songs in the evening. I still have a round tin containing the records. It is hard for me to listen to it, because all my family singing is dead now. I cry all the way thru
This photo of me 1941 or 1942 and one other of my mom's cousins the sailor (on leave) in full uniform and his sister exist.
Three Cheers For The USA!! Then and Forever!

This is one of a kind!!
The story in a nutshell on record production process test pressings is as follows:

Normally a half dozen to several dozen process test pressings of any particular record are run to assure proper vinyl distribution, label placement, vinyl thickness, groove integrity and various other process concerns.

At the point that all the critical process criteria are met, the test pressings are then ground up and recycled back into the system for reuse in pressing more records.

This test pressing is one of an entire collection I purchased from a retired quality control inspector who worked for CBS Records and their various affiliates. For over 20 years he managed to squander away the occasional test pressing and this is one that was rescued from the grinders.

This type of test pressing is extremely rare and I believe the collection I purchased is unique and no other similar pressings exist anywhere, period.

These test pressings probably cannot be played on standard phonograph players due to the sometimes heavy roll of flash vinyl attached around their perimeter. They also tend to be slightly warped as they were removed from the process before they were properly cooled and often the labels are incorrectly placed and the 45 holes not punched. The grooves tend to have noticeable scratches due to the fact that the pressings were removed from the manufacturing process and tossed into waste recycle containers.

Now I know that there are those of you out there that would love to argue the terminology of "test pressing". That is fine and I understand completely. It is generally accepted that test pressings have a label that denotes "test pressing" on it and that is what the majority of you are familiar with. Be assured that this record is, by it's very nature, also a true "test pressing". A rose by any other name would still smell like a rose, and so forth. My acquisition also included a number of "test pressings" of the variety that has the "test pressing" notation denoted on the label (the type you are all familiar with). These of course were manufactured to be submitted for approval for content and audio quality prior to large scale manufacturing for distribution. Since I am (in all probability) the sole holder of any quantity of these process test pressings, I am going to suggest that there are two categories, process test pressings and approval test pressings. If this offends anyone, sorry.
P.S. I no longer remember his name but he lived in Springhill, Tennessee.

This is an extremely rare record, I can only find one other instance of it being sold on Ebay last year. It stated that it was the only know copy of Tony Bennetts first ever recording. He recorded under the name of Joe Bari before he was advised by Bob Hope to change his name to Tony Bennett.

I'm not sure what to do with it since I am not a collector but just a guy going thru his late Aunts record collection and finding some pretty interesting records.

Why would you collect records?
If you are anything like me, music is always happening in one form or another. There is music everywhere - some that you choose to listen to, some you don't but hear anyway. When I was young, records were the only choice available if you wanted to hear a song more than once. Now I can mow the lawn with an mp3 player and ear buds. The best reason I've heard for collecting records is simply - you can't hold an mp3.

So, why collect this record?
This particular album is a blue label first pressing from 1968 with the original insert. Frank Zappa was less than pleased with this release. First, in his mind, it was released inside-out. The gatefold cover was intended as a parody of The Beatles "Sgt. Pepper" album cover but record company censors (lawyers?) made The Mothers reverse the pictures. Probably even more important to Frank, that wasn't the only censorship enforced on this release. They altered the music and lyrics as well. There were even more changes in subsequent releases. Frank turned down an award for this album, demanding it be given instead to whoever did the changes. It was finally released as originally intended when Zappa achieved complete control over his label and material. But before all that in-fighting was known about, in 1968, The Mothers of Invention put out some of the most amazing music of the era.

Some of you may know I am a huge music lover. Just yesterday(12-7-16) we lost another third of the Great prog rock band Emerson Lake & Palmer. One of my all time favorites. Greg Lake passed away. Battling cancer. So I wanted to post a homage for him.(Kieth Emerson passed early this yr).

Greg Lake was a lyricist, vocalist and bass player. He started out in 1968 with the band King Crimson(another incredible band). Then in late 1970 formed ELP with the other 2. They broke up in 1979. They have gotten back together in 1985 without Carl Palmer to record and tour for their album titled '3' with Cozy Powell(R.I.P.) on drums. Then for a couple of albums in the early 90's with Carl again. Then continued on with other projects.

1st is his first solo album. Put out in 1981. Not as progressive as ELP, but still good. Gary Moore(R.I.P.) played guitar with him on this album.

2nd is his photo from the ELP album 'Works Vol 1'. Put out in 1977. A double album featuring one side for each of the 3 individuals own songs and side 4 for the group compositions. Some of their best work.

Carl Plamer has been touring for yrs now doing incredible live shows. Playing all ELP music. Just a 3 piece band playing all instrumental versions of ELP tunes. A guitarist in place of a keyboardist. I have seen them quite a few times now and I must say it is incredibly powerful.

Thanx for reading my post and putting up with this stuff we call Rock-N-Roll.

Carryola Master Ad-A-Tone is what the reproducer says. I saw it, liked the price and that it worked, and began walking around the antique store with it in the search for records. I found one, Vamping Rose Fox Trot, put it on, wound it, and grinned as the sound poured out.

I read on auction site that this is circa 1925 portable player.

It plays about two records before you have to rewind it and has speed control.

The turn table seems to wobble a bit, but I happen to have a phonograph expert on my own site who had diagnosed the issue.

It was very dull and still clung to the decades of webs on it when I got it, but I cleaned it up and polished some of the old nickel to make it shine a bit more (if you look at the hinges, you'll see I gave up on them). The reproducer sounds a lot better now that I've cleaned it out. It turned my paper towel black as coal.

These are two electronic music records. Both from 1975. I am a big music fan and I am into a lot of electronic music also. Some of you might know the 1st one or a least have heard of them. Tangerine Dream, one of my favorites. Considered the founders of electronic music. Their first album was released in 1969, 'Electronic Meditation'. Strangely without to many 'electronic' instruments on it though. This album 'Rubycon' is when they were in their '70's' prime. Very ethereal and spacey. Lot's of tones and melodic soundscapes. They have continued as a band contuinuously until now when we lost the founding member Edgar Froese. Who has been on all of their releases. Which number over 50.
2nd is Isao Tomita. A Japanese electronic wizard. He pioneered work on the 'Moog' synthesizer. He was influenced by Wendy Carlos(another great electronic composer). Many releases to his 40 yr career as well. This one is his rendition of 'Moussorgsky's' Pictures At An Exhibition. Complete with the 'chirping of chicks' sounds. this is his 2nd release. Isao Tomita also passed away this yr.

Both R.I.P.

Thanx for lookin!

p.s. can anyone guess what the 2nd pic is of? The inside on the TD album

The Great Band Era is a compilation album featuring Swing music from 1936-1945. Reader's Digest released the album in 1965. In 1988, the Recording Industry Association of America certified 9 million sales of the album – making it one of the top selling albums ever within the United States. The album was released as a ten LP album box set. The album included many swing favorites, as well as new recordings.

According to the RIAA, The Great Band Era sold over 9 million copies in the United States, making it one of the best selling-albums of all time within the country.[4] In addition, the Australian Recording Industry Association certified the album as gold in 1999.

I've had this a while. It always reminds me of a 45 rpm record! It's only 4.5 inches across. The reverse painted glass is only 2 inches (See the texture of the girl in reverse?). The glass does come out.

I have no idea maker or anything. It is exactly how I found it, chain and all. It's beautiful wood. Anyone ever seen one like it? Any ideas?

Choral the complete score. Just beautiful, Classic.
I can not locate this particular record set on the web and would be very much interested to know if the year is late 30s' or in the 40s'. Is this a collectable item, rare?

The Ninth Symphony in D minor, Opus 125, composed by Beethoven in 1822 to 1824, was dedicated to Friedrich Wilhelm III, King of Prussia, and first performed in Vienna on the 7th May 1824. Ignaz Schuppanzigh directed the orchestra, in the presence of the composer. This symphony was at once a great success, and it's premier gave cause for five recalls, whereas the Emperor was only able to benefit from three.

Beethoven constructed his symphony and added at the end of the fourth movement an Ode to Joy. To add an ending with choir was an idea on which he had mused upon since 1807.

Beethoven manifested an intention to compose a work containing inspiration from the Ode to Joy of Friedrich von Schiller as early as 1792 (all scolars do not agree on this). In 1799, Beethoven sketched a setting to music, in the form of a lied, which then served to lead towards Leonore-Fidelio, his opera. The other sketches are found in his notebooks of 1814-1815. Finally, Beethoven adapted the text for his ninth symphony. For this purpose, he prompted a version of 1803 revised by Schiller himself.

As for the musical theme of the Ode to Joy, it finds its origins particularly in the Fantasy for choir, piano and orchestra, opus 80.
The Ode to Joy corresponds to Beethoven's fraternal ideals, where his incessant willingness to compose a work to the measure of Schiller's writing: «Man is to all men a brother Which embraces all beings! - A kiss to all the world!».

Since then, it has not ceased to be performed around the world, by the great ensembles, and conducted by the leading conductors.

It's total length (unheard-of for the time) is 60 to 70 minutes, depending on the performance.

This is the 1979 release of "Communique " by British Rock group Dire Straits. It reached gold status in the USA and Platinum in the Uk . Singles from the lp included Lady Writer &Where do you think you're going. Hope you enjoy.

On November 7, 2016, Leonard Cohen left his Earthly shell and songwriting lost one of its finest craftsmen. His words touched us in ways no other singer/songwriter did.

Already a published poet, this was his first musical album, released in 1967. It was followed by a string of 36 more introspective and philosophical beauties culminating with a final album released just three weeks ago.

Leonard was 82 years old and he was ready to go. He had said so. His songs will live forever.

This is the debut album from Canadian rock band LOVERBOY. The self-titled lp was released in 1980 Originally refused in the United States by Columbia Records until it was huge in Canada. Hits included "Turn me loose" and one written for me "The kid is hot tonight " Hope you enjoy.

There is more than music preserved on record. In 1961, Alan Lomax and Guy Carawan collaborated with the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to record the actual sounds of the civil rights protests in Albany, Georgia (USA). The protests in Albany were possibly the first to bring national attention to the horrors of the Jim Crow apartheid that existed mostly in "the old South".

Not that it has gone away. In October 2016 at an under-reported conference in San Diego, the president of International Association of Chiefs of Police Terrence Cunningham personally apologized for law enforcement's "historical mistreatment of communities of color". This admission may likely go unheeded for another fifty years but it's a start. In the meantime maybe we should consider the plea of Rodney King who asked, "Can't we all just get along?"

Endless Summer is a compilation album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released on June 24, 1974. Wikipedia
Artist: The Beach Boys
Release date: June 24, 1974
Label: Capitol Records

Endless Summer is a compilation album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released on June 24, 1974. A collection of hits from the band's 1962–65 period, Endless Summer was compiled by their old label Capitol Records while the Beach Boys were contracted with Reprise Records. Its unexpected success bore immediate consequences on the band's then-progressive musical direction.

Four months after release, the album reached #1, and reclaimed the band's commercial glory in the United States, spending 155 weeks on the Billboard album chart. It became the group's second chart-topping album in the US, being certified 3x platinum by the RIAA for shipping over three million copies in the US.

Double Fantasy is a 1980 album released by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. It is the seventh and final studio album released by Lennon during his lifetime. Wikipedia
Artists: John Lennon, Yoko Ono
Release date: November 17, 1980
Genres: Rock music, Pop rock
Awards: Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Juno Award for International Album of the Year
Nominations: Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

Jean-Philippe Smet, better known by his stage name Johnny Hallyday, is a French singer and actor. An icon in the French-speaking world since the beginning of his career, he has been called "the French Elvis".

Limited vinyl LP repressing in gatefold jacket. Thriller is the sixth solo studio album by Michael Jackson. It was released by Epic Records on November 30, 1982, as the follow-up to Jackson's critically and commercially successful 1979 album Off The Wall. Thriller explores similar genres to those of Off The Wall, including pop, post-disco, rock and funk. Recording sessions took place on April to November 1982 at Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles with a production budget of $750, 000, assisted by producer Quincy Jones. Seven singles were released from the album, all of which reached the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. In just over a year, Thriller became-and currently remains-the best-selling album of all time, with estimated sales of 65 million copies worldwide. It has become the first album ever to be certified 32 times multi-platinum for U.S. sales, marking more than 32 million sales shipped. The album won a record-breaking eight Grammy Awards in 1984, including for Album of the Year.

This is the 1979 lp "Harder Faster" by Canadian rock group April Wine. This is there eight studio album and went gold in Canada and the USA. Hits from this included Say Hello and I like to rock. Hope you enjoy.

An album like this is ebough to scare a body into dancing anything from the "Twist" ... "Watusi" ... "Hully Gully" ... "Swim" ... "Frug" ... "Surf" ... "Monkey" ... "Dog" ... "Lindy" and even the lowly fox trot. AND without losing a DEAD beat....

The monster maestro (Frankie Stein) is a graduate of the mausoleum of music at the University of Paris Green … He plays guitar with three hands and conducts with the other two. He is DEAD serious about his music. Many critics have hailed him as “hideous” … “ghastly” …“horrormonius”… etc. etc. etc.

This record was recorded with the fabulously eerie sound of Power Recrods new D.D.T. method. The die-namic sound of the DEAD beat that has everything to make your dancing party a HOWLING success....

The band released 5 lp's between 1964-1965. Hard to find, especially in good condition, I am lucky enough to have 2 very nice copies of the 5 lp's. I have Introducing Frankie Stein and His Ghouls, and Ghoul Music.

Folkways Records not only recorded a lot of the authentic non-commercial folk music of America but also introduced us to music of foreign cultures.

This record dates from 1971 and features sung poetry of North Vietnam on one side and theater music of South Vietnam on the other. I wouldn't understand any of it if it weren't for the detailed explanation booklet that was always included in Folkways albums but it is a beautiful album. Even my cats liked this record.

Juan Garcia Esquivel, best known as simply Esquivel, took an approach led by Enoch Light by exploiting stereo effects but added his own high-energy Latin style arrangements and animated piano improvisations. "The King of Space Age Bachelor Pad Music" is a credit he is often given.

Four more pre-1964 Command Records releases.
These pre-ABC Command records are fun if for no other reason than they always sound so good. Enoch Light was possibly the first of the BIG producers. He set the stage for people like Phil Spector (another one of those separate the art from the artist guys), Paul Buff and Frank Zappa.

Dick Hyman is best remembered for his work on vibes and marimba but he was a classically trained pianist. He shows off those chops on this album.
"Delicado" by Lew Davies Orchestra, as the name implies, is a softer sort of sound. "Vibrations" by Enoch Light and The Light Brigade experiments with a new production technique.

Recorded music fans owe more than they probably know to Enoch Light and Command Records. Enoch Light was a classically trained violinist. He had an incredible "ear". Throughout the Depression era he was bandleader for an upscale hotel orchestra and progressed to radio in the 1940s. It was during this time of music recording infancy that he became concerned with the quality of recorded sound. He experimented. He was an early developer of multi-tracking and was likely the first to use that ricochet stereo efffect so familiar to Pink Floyd fans. If that wasn't enough, he also invented the gatefold album.

In 1959, Light created Command Records and released what is likely the first audiophile record - PERSUASIVE PERCUSSION by Terry Snyder and The All Stars (pic 4), a line-up including Tony Mottola, Dick Hyman, and Stanley Webb, among others. This was followed closely by PROVOCATIVE PERCUSSION by Enoch Light and The Light Brigade (pic 1), an expanded version of the same line-up. Light sold the company in 1964 - the label lived on but audiophile releases stopped.

It's hard not to imagine that it also was Light's decision to use, for the time, avant garde graphics to grace the album covers. The choice of Joseph Albers designs for these four gives them the sense of awareness of the rise of technology.

This was given to me this morning by a customer in my barbershop. A little history would be nice. I'm in the ark about this record, looks like a ww11 production.it is 16" wide and I'm not sure whether it's a 33 1/3 or a 78.

So Bob Dylan wins the Nobel Prize for Literature and all I hear is a load of snarky complaints from "writers of books" disparaging the choice of a musician for the honor. Perhaps those complainers have forgotten that poetry was set to music long before it was set to a printed page. Perhaps they should listen to the final track on this album - Bob Dylan has been a voice for his generation.

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I found this LP today at the Value Village, it just came in today, because i have take a look early and was't there, so very lucky for me, a good occasion with the 400 hundred post from Brunswick(Thomas) to post it for him.
The Doors" The Soft Parade" with the RARE Gold Label from Elektra EKS-75005. Light wear to the sleeve, record is in good condition with some light scratches, original black white picture of the Doors members+ lyric on the back side, nice to see not missing.
The Art work is sober in the front, but when open up reveal some great design ideal from the 70s.

The main song of this album"The Soft Parade" was in my opinion one of there best song, for me.

Congrats Thomas on your 400th Post.

""When I was back there in seminary school
There was a person there
Who put forth the proposition
That you can petition the Lord with prayer
Petition the lord with prayer
Petition the lord with prayer
You cannot petition the lord with prayer""

Can you give me sanctuary
I must find a place to hide
A place for me to hide
Can you find me soft asylum
I can't make it anymore
The Man is at the door.........

The Soft Parade is the fourth studio album by the American rock band the Doors, and was released on July 18, 1969, on Elektra Records (see 1969 in music). It saw the group departing from the material that encompassed their past three albums. The Doors incorporated brass and string arrangements into their compositions at a point in which the group was experiencing personal issues, particularly related to Jim Morrison. In addition, the album fulfilled the band's desire to feature more jazz and blues influences in their work.

Upon release, the album peaked at number six on the Billboard Top LPs chart. It was preceded by the single "Touch Me" in December 1968, which awarded the Doors an unexpected top-ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100, and several other accolades, including a number-one listing in the Cashbox charts. Three additional singles, "Wishful Sinful", "Tell All the People", and "Runnin' Blue", also became moderate hits on the Billboard singles charts.

Not only am I a fan of alt-rock, I also enjoy enjoy the heck out of alt-classical. This record, for me, is essential - I've had it many years, played it many times, and have never gotten tired of it. This record shows up on the "weird music reviews" and I suppose for many it is indeed weird, but for me when I first heard this, it was transformative.

Is it music? This record may challenge your perceptions as it experiments not only with the early use of the computer as a compositional tool but questions the need for melody by maintaining interest through a combination of rhythm and noise.

Lejaren Hiller was a successful scientist before committing full-time to music. His entry to the field was not eagerly accepted but he persisted and is now recognized as a great American composer. Hiller retired from his professorship in the 1980s and passed away in the 1990s.

I have long enjoyed the music coming from Australia. From Rolf Harris when I was young to Inga Liljestrom of recent listening, I've found plenty there to interest me. Here's a good one with one of the best b-sides of the Eighties.

THE BEASTS OF BOURBON - The Axeman's Jazz on the Big Time label (BTA001) was the first American pressing (1985) of this record that had been released a year earlier in Australia.

Every city had its local acts whose records failed to get any national attention. Los Angeles, because so much of the music business is located in the area, had lots of them. Here are four of my favorites from the 1980s -

(1) TUPELO CHAIN SEX, Spot the Difference - raucous anti-establishment R&B oriented New Wave with saxophones and Sugarcane Harris.
(2) TEX & THE HORSEHEADS, self-titled - fronted by Texacala Jones and fueled by vodka, this is what John Cale calls "dirty-ass rock & roll".
(3) GEZA X, You Goddam Kids! - Geza and the Mommymen have put out a truly weird album with a few songs that will stick in your brain forever, like it or not. (A 2002 re-issue of this album has terrible fidelity - avoid it - I'm told it has been re-issued again last year but I haven't heard that one.)
(4) PHAST PHREDDIE & THEE PRECISIONS, West Hollywood Freeze-out - White guys doing classic R&B real well.

If I had to pick my 100 favorite records, this would be on the list. It has energy, spirit, humor, and some dazzling guitar work in this onslaught of anti-authoritarian marijuana-soaked celebration. If you've never heard this band, seek out this record. They did a bust of a "contract fulfillment" second album, then disappeared, but this record is great. A version of Zappa's "Oh No, I Don't Believe It" is guitar bliss and "Bikini Baby" is one of the best tracks ever, anywhere.

Elliott Ingber, by then a veteran of The Mothers of Invention and Captain Beefheart, put this group together with Martin Kibbee, Warren Klein, Richard Hayward, and Stash Wagner.

Well, sort of The Fugs first album - this same album had been released about eight months earlier on Broadside Records with an unrememberable title when it was picked up and released by ESP-Disk in 1966. These guys crawled out of the Peace Eye Bookstore basement on the Lower East Side of New York City and changed a certain segment of Rock & Roll forever. Rock could be literate and still be rebellious! And Rock could be unpolished. The Fugs, along with their label-mates The Godz, were the beginnings of a lo-tech revolution still raging against the over-produced corporate Rock where the money is.

LINE UP - Ed Sanders, Tuli Kupferberg, Ken Weaver, Pete Stampfel, Steve Weber (these last two guys went on to become The Holy Modal Rounders) and joined by studio musicians John Anderson and Vinnie Leary.

This is for Brunswick, who I know will have an appreciation of most, if not all of these..... I know there are others here that will also appreciate them. There will be more to come in the next few days.

As of late I have been going through my extensive collection of about 4500 lp's and selling off some items. I plan on keeping approx 800 or so. I will post some pics of some of the more unique pieces I am either keeping, or have sold recently.

Although listed under the rock category , there are several genres here.

This is the cutest book the animals are wonderful and the faces are so expressive ,true to form for those cartoons of the early eras ,Bozo is dancing with all the farm animals, also comes with 2 capitol records.

A vintage Bozo the clown book with 2 Capitol records, this book has the most fabulous pictures, bright and bold colors, just as brand new as the day produced, one of two Bozo books , very neat ,now to find a record player to play them.

Symphony NO5 in E minor (E MOLL).op.95 ("from the new world ") (DVORAK) 2nd movement (part 2) Largo CZECH philharmonic orchestra conducted by Georg Szell
1937 78 rpm record I have I would like to know more about it

Seeing as I am going tonite 9-21-16 to see the incredible Martin Barre, the guitarist of the band Jethro Tull. I am posting their 2nd album. 'Stand Up' What was special about this album was when you opened it up the band literally 'stood up' with a cool cut out. Jethro Tull is another one of my favorite bands. Although Martin and Ian Anderson, the lead singer and lyricist are not on good terms. It should be an incredible show.

Couldn't pass up this GW find for 50 cents.
45 RPM record of Madonna from the 1980s.
I love the cover of Madonna in her 80s clothing and hairdo.
She is also holding and pointing a handgun. Wowzers.
This was from a soundtrack of one of her movies.
It will become a gift for a family member who hopefully may find this charming and maybe frame it.
Plays great on my new record player.

78 RPM 10 inch ---Beautiful -Beautiful voices. Im not a collector just a 80 somthing guy frequenting thrift stores here in Florida . I have a Magnavox made in England (purchased in thrift store ) that plays the 78

I recently purchased this Silvertone phonograph at an antique store. I have been trying to determine what year it was but am having troubles because there is no other information on it other than the fact that it is a Silvertone. I have looked up Silvertones and seen ones with similar speaker designs, but none identical to mine. Can anyone provide any information on this record player? It would be much appreciated!

This is the 1980 release of the album AutoAmerican by American band Blondie. Their fifth studio lp cover art by Martin Hoffman. The tide is high and rapture were singles from this lp. Rapture was actually the first "rap" single to reach #1in the U.S.A. Hope you enjoy.

This is the 1976 lp Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap by Australian rock group AC/DC It was the 2nd international and third Australian album. All songs written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Bon Scott. A classic hard rock album. Hope you enjoy.

This is the 16th American Lp release of "Some Girls " by British Rock group The Rolling Stones. Released in 1978 it was there first grammy nomination for album of the year. Great album cover. Hope you enjoy.

Came across a box or two of some of my old Albums ...I wont post anything on them so you can take a trip back in time and think where you were or what was going on at that time ..so enjoy,.. its to hot out to work on anything...

Came across a box or two of some of my old Albums ...I wont post anything on them so you can take a trip back in time and think where you were or what was going on at that time ..so enjoy,.. its to hot out to work on anything...

Came across a box or two of some of my old Albums ...I wont post anything on them so you can take a trip back in time and think where you were or what was going on at that time ..so enjoy,.. its to hot out to work on anything...

Came across a box or two of some of my old Albums ...I wont post anything on them so you can take a trip back in time and think where you were or what was going on at that time ..so enjoy,.. its to hot out to work on anything...

Came across a box or two of some of my old Albums ...I wont post anything on them so you can take a trip back in time and think where you were or what was going on at that time ..so enjoy,.. its to hot out to work on anything...

Came across a box or two of some of my old Albums ...I wont post anything on them so you can take a trip back in time and think where you were or what was going on at that time ..so enjoy,.. its to hot out to work on anything...

This is the Rolling Stones live album of the 1981 America tour "Still Life " released in 1982. Cover s a painting by Japanese artist Kazuhide Yamazaki. Great live album and awesome music. Hope you enjoy.

Came across some of my old 45's collecting ...lol talk about a time wap ...here they come smiling.....no idea if they're worth anything but I'll have to hook up the record player I guess..
Smiling all done for today and not a single picture of a Mooseeeeeeeee...to bad..

Came across some of my old 45's collecting ...lol talk about a time wap ...here they come smiling.....no idea if they're worth anything but I'll have to hook up the record player I guess...
time for a break lol

Stopped at an estate sale on the way home last Saturday, it was late in the day and with no expectations I went down into the basement to see if by chance something of interest had been overlooked by the Friday 'dealers' and the Saturday morning 'weekend warriors'.

Passing immaculate stacks of Christmas ornaments and well organized fishing gear I walked into the storage area behind the stairs to see this splayed leg beauty.

Owner said it didn't work and with the power cable cut off I could see at least one reason why, but quick inspection showed the speakers and the components intact so I took the gamble and offered her $18. She countered with $20 and I hauled the 1965 Magnavox Micromatic console record player home.

It took about 10 minutes to splice on a new power cable and determine the needle was broken - ordered another on eBay for $6 and when it arrived 2 days later I plugged it in and had Italian folk songs blaring in the carport.

Made for about 3 years (1963-1965) this model was the solid state 1965 version and still sounds great. Love the stylus guarantee - we be just a bit over that 10 yr mark

Something everyone3 with a vintage record player should have. A Dustoff Record Cleaner made by the Minute Shine Co of Providence RI. Looks to be from the from the 1920s or 1930s. Not quite a Discwasher but good enough for the days before Hi-Fi.
There are different patterns for the cleaner surface. Looks a bit like a piece of carpet but is much softer. It also works well for removing cat fur from furniture.

Columbia Grafonola De Luxe 1st Style was circa 1910, with an average list price of $225 back in the day. This model was Columbia's top-of-the-line phonograph when first introduced in 1909. Constructed of San Domingo mahogany; this particular example was fitted with a double-comb Regina musical box movement. (It is possible that the music box mechanism was added by the dealer after the unit left the factory.) Identical machines with a Regina decal inside the lid are known as Reginaphone Style 240s.

This particular machine has been restored to its original piano finish, and the mechanism has been cleaned, oiled and adjusted to perfect play. It is missing the door lock, but plays 78 rpm records as well as 15" Regina tune sheets.

I have always had a love of mechanical things; but my greatest loves are music boxes and phonographs! Wish there was a way to post a video to hear this one! It has beautiful tone.

I wish there was a separate main category on here for Phonographs and/or Music boxes....

Just a handful from my collection. I have over 130 of the 163 Mosaic sets they produced (and are still producing). I got back into vinyl a few years back and really enjoy the hunt. My collection is roughly 75% jazz, with the remaining 25% classic rock, funk/soul, and classical.

I have been wanting to post this album for awhile now. Genesis 'The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway' the last album with Peter Gabriel in the band. Released in 1974. They toured America before it was released here so audience's had a little trouble following it.
Personnel:
Peter Gabriel - voices & flute
Mike Rutherford - bass & 12 string guitar
Tony Banks - keyboards
Steve Hackett - guitars
Phil Collins - percussion, vibing & voices
There was talk back then about making a movie about it. But that never got off the ground.
An incredible concept album. They performed it in it's entirety for the whole tour. Hope you enjoy.
This is where the 'Yellow plastic shoobedoo' comes from!

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I think my addiction for LP is not healed, every time i see some at the thrift store, always go for it, of corse I am looking for good quality and in pristine condition, no exception for this one release in 1975 on Apple label.

Shaved Fish is a compilation album by John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band, released in October 1975 on Apple Records. It contains all of the singles that he had issued up to that point in the United States as a solo artist, with the exception of "Stand by Me", which had been released earlier that year. The only compilation of his non-Beatles recordings released during his lifetime, it peaked at number 8 in the UK and number 12 in the US. It was also Lennon's final release on Apple Records.

This is the 1985 release of the Soundtrack on lp for the movie "To Live And Die In L.A". The record was composed, produced, and performed by Wang Chung. So every body Wang Chung Tonight. Hope you enjoy.

Hey remember the eighties me neither. This is a vinyl record from the highly successful t.v. series Miami Vice. It starred Don Johnson and Phillip Michael Thomas and was produced by Michael Mann. Roxy Music, Phil Collins, Jackson Browne,Patti Labelle, and of course Jan Hammer with Crocketts Theme are but some of the performers. Hope you enjoy.

Scored these at a junk store today. Our record friends here will recognize these names. Of course, we all know the Elvis record, but it is nice to have it on 78. As soon as I saw the Blind Willie Johnson records, I knew this was going to be good.
"The Sinking of the Titanic", by Vernon Dalhart, was released in 1925.
There are twelve more 78's in the album, not a bad deal for $1.25 each.

Hello everyone, I bought this wind-up phonograph here locally, in the Piedmont of North Carolina recently, and would like to learn a bit more about it. What I do know is that it is a Style X model phonograph, built around 1909 by the Standard Talking Machine Company. I know it was built around 1909 because it has what appears to be a retailer's or company's stamp on the bottom dated 1909. It is all original, including the paint on the horn. It also has a spindle on the cast iron turn table which is thicker than the standard, and is about 1/2 inch wide. I also know it is not a modern Indian reproduction phonograph. I oiled the motor, and when I wind it up, it holds a good tension in the spring, and runs for a long time. However, it runs much too fast, and when I drop the needle, it bogs down and stops. The only broken part I see is that the two lead weights mounted on most phonograph motors, are in my case detached. The metal strips have fatigued, and will need to be replaced for to reattach the weights. Is this causing my speed problem? Is this a rare model of phonograph; what might be its value? I am quite new to the old phonographs, other than how to operate one, not to repair one, other than my knowledge with antique typewriter repair, so any information is greatly appreciated. Thank you, and have a nice day!

..and all around good human being who left this planet far too soon! Harry Chapin is best known for his songs, Cats in the Cradle, The Banana Song and Taxi. His songs were ballads and were so lengthy he had trouble getting them played on the radio. I am fortunate to own a book of his poems which my daughter bought me for Christmas several years back. The book cover is featured in my third photo and his signature in the fourth. The first photo is the cover of his book/cd , Story of a Life which contains three CDs of his awesome songs and a brief synopsis of his life story. He was involved in numerous charities and a foundation still exists in his name whose focus is feeding the hungry.
Interesting note--I'm checking the dates of his birth and death and find that tomorrow is the anniversary of his death! He was killed in a car accident on July 16, 1981. He was 38 years old. Gone too soon. I wish I had seen him in concert!

This is the debut album of the British band Willie and the Poor Boys released in 1985. It was a charity album put together by Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman .Songs were vintage American R&B. The line up included
Bill Wyman - bass
Charlie Watts- drums
Jimmy Page- Guitar
Kenny Jones-drums
Chris Rea-Vocals
Paul Rodgers -vocals
Mickey Gee-guitar
Andy Fairweather -guitar
Geraint Watkins -key board
Henri Spinetti-drums
Hope you enjoy.

I have found a lot of records over the years, but my find today has to be my favorite.
Many of you that are about my age, grew up with The Honeymooners. Art Carney's character, Ed Norton was priceless. As you remember, he worked in the New York City Sewer, and said he was "Sub-supervisor in the sub-division of the department of subterranean sanitation, I just keep things moving along".
Anyway, today I came across a 78 rpm record "Song Of The Sewer/Va Va Va Voom", by Art Carney.
To me this is a great piece of Americana, and will be framed and hung in my office. Ann says that is the only place in the house it is going to hang. I am going to hang it next to my framed Rolling Stone magazine interview of Buffalo Bob Smith.
As a side note, I also found a great copy of Tex Ritter's "I love My Rooster/Texas Rangers".
It was a good day.

Found this at a church sale a couple of years ago. It hangs above my Victrola on our stairway landing. Not a Brunswick label but it has my state name on it! It is signed "Carol" (not a bad artist!) the saying at the bottom is very close to what my dad used to say, he always changed the word roses to " posies" ,( I guess so he didn`t offend the other flowers) LOL! Thanks for looking! Rob

This is a “Douglas Art Case Cabinet” with a nickle outside morning glory horn; even though it isn't known exactly who made/sold it. They were sold by upscale New York City dealers as “custom models”, nearly all that are known use the Victor D phonograph mechanical parts. So this was some kind of hybrid aftermarket conversion for wealthy buyers. They were only made for 2 or 3 years, and this one likely was made in 1905.

A HUGE thank you to Paul Edie for helping garner more precise information on this phonograph set!

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Not long time ago( July 2015) I have start collecting LP again, and my frequent visit to the thrift stores make me accumulated 700 lp in the laps of 4 to 5 month, like all others addiction this is very powerful, anyway long story short, i get rid of all of them just before Xmas.
Guest what....a month ago I was at the Salvation and a cart coming from the back store, on it nice assortment of LP, oh well nothing i can do, but I know this time I am not get rid of it, this Triumph Album is in pristine condition, definitely coming from someone take a really good care of LP, the Graphic design of this sleeve is amazing, lot going on it.
I probably reach 70 to hundred already, i will for sure post many of them shortly.

Just a Game is the third studio album by Canadian hard rock band Triumph, released in 1979. The album contains their first big hit, "Lay it on the Line" and the near Top 40 hit "Hold On".
Artist: Triumph
Release date: March 30, 1979
Producer: Mike Levine
Label: MCA Records
Genres: Rock music, Hard rock

Triumph is a Canadian hard rock power trio that was popular in the late 1970s through the 1980s. Between the band's 16 albums and DVDs, Triumph has received 18 gold and 9 platinum awards in Canada and the United States. Triumph was nominated for multiple Juno Awards, including Group of the Year Award in 1979, 1985, 1986 and 1987.

Like their fellow Canadians Rush, Triumph began building their reputation across North America as a live band, peaking in the early to mid-1980s. The band was formed by Toronto music veterans Gil Moore (drums, vocals), Mike Levine (bass, keyboards), and Rik Emmett (guitar, vocals) in 1975.

Triumph is a Canadian power trio, also known as "the Poor Man's Rush."The band's musical style was hard rock and heavy metal although the band itself was reluctant to embrace this label. Moore once described Triumph as a cross between Emerson, Lake & Palmer and The Who.Guitarist Emmett's songwriting style showed a progressive rock influence, as well as displaying his classical music influence; each Triumph album included a classical guitar solo piece. Moore also doubled as lead singer on many of the band's heavier songs; bassist and pianist Levine produced their early albums. Triumph's style proved unpopular with rock critics, much like many progressive rock and heavy metal bands. Rolling Stone reviewers labeled them a "faceless band."

Moore and Levine scouted Emmett one summer night in 1975 at a west-end Toronto club on The Queensway, called The Hollywood Tavern, where Emmett was playing in a band called ACT III. The three musicians subsequently got together for a jam session in the basement of Moore's house in Mississauga, after which Moore and Levine showed Emmett promo materials and contracts they had already secured for gigs starting in September of that year. They offered Emmett a guaranteed minimum weekly paycheck of $175, and Emmett agreed to join as an equal founding partner.

Triumph's first paid concert was at Simcoe High School on September 19, 1975, for $750.By August 26, 1978 they were headliners at the Canada Jam Festival at Mosport Park playing before a crowd of 110,000 people. . Triumph signed their first record deal with Attic Records in Canada. They later signed with RCA Records in the US covering all areas except Canada. After the RCA deal ended in acrimony, MCA Records picked up the band and re-released all their music to date in 1984. After the shift to MCA, the band began to work with outside producers, and their studio albums became increasingly difficult to replicate onstage. Rather than following the sequencer-laden path taken by Rush to remain a true power trio, Triumph later added Rick Santers, a Toronto guitar and keyboard player, to support their last three tours.

Triumph's first album (originally self-titled but later renamed In the Beginning) was rare outside Canada, but their widely released second LP, Rock & Roll Machine, received some scattered airplay, with Gil Moore's cover of Joe Walsh's "Rocky Mountain Way." In mid 1978 Triumph subbed in for Sammy Hagar on an FM radio-station promotion date in San Antonio, Texas, followed by a run of 5 shows in Texas for JAM Productions (a promoter named Joe Anthony), then toured across Canada with fellow Canadian rockers Moxy and Trooper. San Antonio remained a popular location for the trio throughout its career.

Triumph's third album, Just a Game (1979), featured a minor U.S. radio hit, "Hold On," which reached the Top 40. The album eventually went gold in the US. Hold On made it to No. 38 on Billboard: and it became a significant song in some select markets. In St. Louis, for example, the song made it to No. 1 on KSHE, an AOR-FM classic rock radio station. More significantly, the song 'Lay It On The Line' received an even greater acceptance at AOR-FM radio across the U.S. and Canada. The heavy-rotation FM radio airplay of 'Lay It On The Line' solidified the band in the minds of classic rock audiences. In 'oldies' classic rock formats, it remains the most widely played and recognized song from the Triumph catalogue.

Both 1981's Allied Forces and 1983's Never Surrender attained gold record status in the United States. Triumph also began releasing a string of moderate hit singles in the early 1980s. Allied Forces eventually sold over a million copies in the U.S. and included the rock radio staple "Fight the Good Fight" and "Magic Power" which still receives heavy air play on classic rock stations.

Never Surrender saw the band's compositions take on more political overtones. Previously, Rik Emmett seemed content to limit himself to a single political theme on each previous Triumph album. ("Just a Game," "Hard Road," and "Ordinary Man" portray Rik Emmett's strong populist leanings.) However, Never Surrender featured no fewer than five anthems. The Jimi Hendrix-inspired riff-rocker "Too Much Thinking" even samples Ronald Reagan from one of his presidential speeches. Rolling Stone gave Never Surrender a one-star rating, yet the album earned gold record status in the United States (sales of 500,000 units). Perhaps more damaging to Triumph's success, their relationship with RCA Records soured at this point, and the label did little to support their albums. MCA Records executive Irving Azoff demonstrated his faith in the trio by co-opting their debts and signing them for five albums. Following their 1984 label change, MCA took over distribution of their old catalogue for ten years.

Thunder Seven debuted on compact disc in late 1984, a time when relatively few people could afford CD players. Despite two hit singles and videos, "Spellbound" and "Follow Your Heart," the album failed to achieve expected levels, even though cassette and vinyl copies were soon released. Thunder Seven is perhaps the band's high mark, with Rik Emmett's lyrics addressing social concerns in a surprisingly adult context. Continuing in the direction of Never Surrender, the entire second side forms a loose concept focusing on different perspectives of time. Thunder Seven became an RIAA certified gold album in 2003.

In 1985, the band released Stages, a double live set culled from the previous three tours. On June 7, 1985 Triumph was ranked #2 in Performance Magazine's 6-week period ending "Tops in Performance" list. Triumph would take a more commercial turn with their 1986 studio album, The Sport of Kings. Rik Emmett's "Somebody's Out There" reached the American Top 40 in late 1986, gaining some radio and video exposure. Written and recorded in the 11th hour of The Sport of Kings sessions, in an attempt to deliver a hit 'single' to satisfy the demands of the record company, Rik Emmett's "Somebody's Out There" made it to No. 27 on Billboard during Sept. and Oct. of 1986, climbing higher than Hold On. It stands as the highest-charting song from the Triumph catalogue. Gil Moore's "Tears in the Rain", cut from the same cloth as "Mind Games," did not fare as well in the charts. Adding Rick Santers to their line-up, Triumph toured with Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen across the United States.

In 1987, the band attempted a return to form with Surveillance. While Gil Moore and Mike Levine remained firmly planted in blues-rock, Rik Emmett took a more modern progressive turn, even involving Dixie Dregs and Kansas guitarist Steve Morse. They collaborated on a dual-guitar solo for Gil Moore's angst-ridden vocal on the Emmett-penned "Headed for Nowhere." The 1988 tour concluded amid growing disharmony over business decisions and artistic direction; however, their final concert on September 3, 1988, was a spirited show on the Kingswood stage at Canada's Wonderland, just north of Toronto. In late 1988, Rik Emmett made a total break with Triumph, a costly move resulting from a long-standing agreement that if any one of the trio left, they would leave with only one ninth interest. He subsequently began a modest but distinguished solo career, with his first album, Absolutely, yielding four hits in Canada. Meanwhile, Triumph released 1989s Classics as their obligatory fifth album owed to MCA Records.

In 1992, the remaining members of Triumph recruited Phil Xenidis, a Canadian guitarist known for his work with Aldo Nova and Frozen Ghost. Moore was the principal songwriter and lead singer for 1992s Edge of Excess, with additional help from guitarist-producer Mladen. Rick Santers also remained on hand as touring keyboardist and singer for the 1993 North American tour, singing Rik Emmett's parts in fan favourites "Magic Power" and "Fight the Good Fight." Initial reception of the album from American radio seemed quite favourable, until Triumph's recording label, a subsidiary of Polygram, dissolved unexpectedly in 1993. After this downturn, the remaining members of Triumph effectively disbanded.

In 1998, Rik Emmett resisted overtures from his former band-mates for a potentially lucrative twentieth anniversary US tour, stating he was not interested. Nevertheless, Moore and Levine purchased and acquired back their entire album catalogue from MCA and launched their own label TML Entertainment, and they continue to release live recordings and videos from their long career.

In 2003, TML released a live DVD album called Live at the US Festival originally recorded in San Bernardino, California at the US Festival in 1983. This historic festival, attracting nearly 250,000 rock fans, also featured Van Halen and The Clash. Triumph had earlier released this concert on VHS following the Never Surrender tour, featuring two videos from the forthcoming Thunder Seven album. In 2004, TML released a second DVD concert, A Night of Triumph, filmed in 1987 at Halifax Metro Centre during The Sport of Kings. The most comprehensive Triumph anthology, Livin' for the Weekend: Anthology, was issued in 2005. A CD of extended versions of some of the band's most popular hits called Extended Versions: Triumph was released in 2006.

Gil Moore now owns and operates Metalworks Studios in Mississauga, originally opened in the early 1980s for Triumph's exclusive use, which also trains engineers and sound technicians for Canada's music industry.

On March 10, 2007, Triumph was inducted to the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame in a ceremony at Toronto’s Fairmont Royal York Hotel. All original members of the group were present for the event. This first meeting in nearly twenty years appears to have broken the long silence between Rik Emmett and his former band-mates, but a recent interview with the guitarist did not promise a Triumph reunion. Emmett cited Gil Moore's full-time career at Metalworks, plus the fact Moore has not performed as a drummer since 1993. Bassist Mike Levine also does not seem to have much interest in touring at this late date. But Triumph's one-time camaraderie seems to have rekindled, and there may still be future collaborations on some musical level. For example, Nick Blagona mastered Rik Emmett's latest hard rock project, Airtime (2007), in the Metalworks mastering suite.

On April 6, 2008, Triumph was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame as part of the Juno Awards.

"Lay It on the Line" was released as a DLC song for Guitar Hero 5 on October 22, 2009.

In 2011, the band reissued Allied Forces as a vinyl package for their 30th anniversary.

On July 14, 2011 Triumph Lane, in Mississauga ON, was officially dedicated in honour of the band.

On August 28, 2012 the band released a CD+DVD package of their June 7, 2008 reunion concert in Sweden titled "Live At Sweden Rock Festival" on Frontiers Records in Europe and on the TML label in Canada and the United States

In 2013, Triumph was inducted into Legends Row at the inaugural ceremony held at Mississauga City Hall.

This tin is from the early 1900’s, and still has it's steel needles used to play shellac records on wind up phonographs. One of the more unusual and entertaining of the needle tins; this was from The British Needle Company Limited of Redditch, England and came in four tones (of which this is the loudest).

It is in amazing condition; the gold is bright and has good gloss, with minimal wear on the edges and bottom. It measures about 2 1/2" tall by 1 5/8" square.

A few more 45'S ..That's all for records for now ...Have to hunt down my better ones that are somewhere ...lol By the way for you youngsters Grace Kelly married a Prince ... and don't forget to put a flower in your hair....

This is the second studio album by British Heavy Metal band Iron Maiden released in 1981. It is the last lp to feature singer Paul Di' anno who was let go due to alcohol and drug related issues. It features 2 instrumental songs rare for rock lps. Edgar Allan Poe's Murder in the Rue Morgue is a song on this lp. Hope you enjoy.

This is the third studio album from the British Heavy Metal band Iron Maiden released in 1982. It is the first lp to feature vocalist Bruce Dickinson and the last for drummer Clive Burr. It was the first commercialaly successful lp and was criticality acclaimed. It reached #1 in the U.K. and hit platinum status in the USA. Hope you Enjoy.

Vee Jay Records was founded in 1953 before Motown. EMI the British company approached V J in 1962 after Capital turned down the Beatles EMI had offered. In 1963 V J Records released 5,000 copies of this 45 rpm before the British Invasion. If you want to read more, check out VJ records on the Web.

While clearing the attic out I came across this box and when I opened it and saw the records and couldn't believe it. I remember going to Adventure Car Hop when I was a kid (12 or 13) and ordering a bucket of chicken just to get a free album. LP's and 45's but as I dug deeper into the attic I found a turntable and tape player. Record/Sock Hop anyone.

This is the 1984 self titled debut album by Canadian rock band Honeymoon Suite. From Niagara Falls Ontario the unofficial honeymoon capital of the world. This hit gold status in Canada. Got to see this tour in 1984, great show. Hope you enjoy.

This is the fifth studio lp by British rock band Dire Straits Brothers in Arms. Released in 1995 it reached # 1 on billboard 200. It is the
8th highest selling lp in U.K. chart history. It went 9 times platinum in the USA It also won 2 Grammys. Hope you enjoy.

This is the sixth studio lp of American hard rock band Van Helen 1984. It reached #2 on the billboard charts unable to take #1 from Michael Jackson's Thriller lp. It was the bands biggest selling album. It also was the last for all original members until 2012s A different kind of truth. Jump, I'll Wait, and Panama were some of the hits. Hope you enjoy.

Coca-Cola "Coke Time" starring Eddie Fisher 33 1/3 rpm speed 16" diameter records. I have 7 of these in great condition. The program dates for these seven range from August 1956 thru October 1956. One side says first broadcast and the other side second broadcast.

Any one know if these are common? Do they hold any value other than maybe 40 bucks a piece?

I wanted to post another homage to the late great 'music composer' as he would have liked to be known as, Kieth Emerson. Caperkid recently paid homage to him with a post, Thank You. 1st pic is his first band The Nice, a 2 album set. the Nice was from the late 60's. 2nd & 3rd is one of the greatest progressive rock albums from 'Emerson Lake & Palmer' entitled 'Tarkus' 1971, about an angry killer cyborg armadillo. 4th is a b/w photo i've had for a very long time, probably from 73/74 time period. I recently posted ELP's album 'Brain Salad Surgery' about a month ago just before he died. Thanx for lookin.

This is the fifth studio lp by American John Mellencamp released in 1982. A commercial hit with songs like Jack and Dianne and Hurts So Good. It reached # 1 on the billboard top 200. Enjoy.

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These are a pair of reissue albums by the Nice featuring Keith Emerson who sadly has recently passed. He was quite ill and sped up the process on his own.
These albums are both pairs of albums that were reissued. The first one has the corner cut off which means not only was it a reissue it was marked down.
Keith Emerson is best known for Emerson Lake and Palmer. The were hated by the rock press along with other progressive rock bands like Yes, Genesis, Gentle Giant and King Crimson. Keith Emerson made the favorites of his critics sound like the fizz from Alka Selzter. Take that rock press.

This is the solo debut album of Rolling Stone's front man Mick Jagger. Released in 1985 it charted in the top ten in the UK and USA . Singles " Just Another Night" and " Lucky in Love" were hits. Helping on the lp were Jeff Beck, Pete Townsand Carlos Alomar and Herbie Hancock. The dark period for me as a Stone's fan. Enjoy.

I had found a great USB turntable this past Summer and I love the fact that you can take vinyl and cassettes and turn them into digital files but
nothing can beat a great turntable and most audiophiles will swear by them. Digital is great but analog still rules in my opinion. However in this case conventional design has taken a back seat with this beauty. It's vertical ! They are custom made to order by a small start up company in Chicago. The cost while not prohibitive is way beyond my budget. So you are essentially getting a work of art and the gift of music all in one ! -Mike-

This is the 1986 soundtrack for Stephen Kings Maximum Overdrive . All songs by AC/DC. The film starred Emilio Estevez and was written and directed by Stephen King. Both Brian Johnson and Bon Scott songs are on this. Enjoy.

My mother and I recently purchased this 1 Family owned Edison B250 Phonograph. An 80+ year old lady said her grandfather purchased it new and it's been left in her care since he passed away. It came with a collection of 50 records and they had all the original dividers with the numbers between each record in the drawers of the phonograph. it's been very well cared for and is in excellent condition. Plays like it's new.

I had been wanting an old phonograph of my own for as long as i can remember. My husband and i had went to visit my IL on an unexpected visit and stumbled across this. Our anniversary just happened to be around that time so he purchased it as a gift for our anniversary. This has a paneled oak horn and is in excellent condition. From what i found online {which was very limited} it's possibly a 1906 model. does anyone have any info on this or where i can find an original manual as I only found one machine with this same type of horn but the entire machine case and horn had been sanded and refinished removing all decals. mine has the original decals still intact and are not replica decals as you see on many edison machines on ebay. This machine plays 78s. We talked about adding it to our home owners insurance if anyone thinks we should do so or has done so what would i insure it for? Any info would be appreciated.

The great 'Emerson Lake & Palmer' progressive rock band's 4th studio album, 5th released.(their 3rd release was recorded live) They were already a supergroup and in late 1973 when this album came out, It put them over the top. Incredible art work by the late great surreal artist 'H.R. Giger'(R.I.P.). Giger was well known, especially for his creation of the 'Alien' space creature for the 'Alien' movies. (Which he did not get the fullest of credit for).
The album featured the side & a half epic opus of 'Karn Evil 9' plus other favorites. I have seen them many times over the past 35 yrs. Thanx and enjoy!

This is the debut and only lp by British legends Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck. Fulfilling a life long goal of Robert Plant to have a rhythm and blues band. Remakes of some of his favorite's. Including Sea of Love and Rockin at Midnight. Enjoy.

This is the 1979 release of Neil Young & Crazy Horse's "Rust Never Sleeps". Many critics and fans think this is his best album. I submit this is the first grunge album in writing and music not intended of coarse and was not heard again until the "Freedom " lp. " The king is gone but is not forgotten this the story of a Johnny Rotten " Enjoy.

here is an old record that I have NOT heard of the label company before and also............the song title would not be *Politically Correct* these days...LOL. Though I would post. I will have to dig around for some info too.

**** Please note, I do not want comments about Gary Glitter Life. THIS POST is JUST about the Music..........period. It was Good Music in its time. Just respect that....the MUSIC. LIKE THE LAST PIC SAYS, MUSIC IS ALL AROUND YOU ... ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS JUST LISTEN. Please just remember the Man for his Music...
Thanks ****

Yes STILL have my 8 track of GG. I grew up listening to his Music (again NOT talking about his personal life). IT WAS the Music of the Time -- the Guitar Riffs -- the drums -- the Beats of the Music. I loved to listen to GG back then and still now!! Only now when I am house-cleaning..........Gets my feet moving !!

Back in the 1970's there were long haired men, tight jeans, weird outfits, and guys wearing make-up or eye shadow. It was the 1970's where some of the best Music came from.

Thanks for LOOKING // LOVING

~ Rose ~

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Examples:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CyiZmct3kM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIsbD0l_bEg

...and You hear parts of this song at Hockey Games, but a lot of people did NOT realize THERE ARE WORDS to it......LISTEN to all the vid posted here. I do not mean just the *HEY* words as words -- but there is are other words to this song. Listen to Part 2 on this Video.

Might as well date myself by posting this....LOL. Grew up with those 8 Track tapes that IF you left on your dash in your car on a hot day, they melted some....and also remember the big Tape Holder boxes we had in our cars to *carry* all our 8Track tapes....LOL. Oh the times we had.

I still have an old stereo here that has a 8 track on it -- so I can still check them out. Neil Diamond I love to cruise to in those days. These day I still LOVE Neil Diamond but while I am *House-Cleaning*. ( roflmao )

This is the debut studio album of American Heavy Metal band Ratt. With great hair, MTV, and Tawny Kitaen on the cover it was an instant success. Hits like Round and Round , Wanted Man, and back for more got serious air play. One if my favorites of the 80,s and still trying to see them live. Enjoy.

This is the fourth official compilation album by the Rolling Stones. It covers music from 1974 till 1980. My all time favorite band. Amazing to have 4 greatest hits albums this early in their careers. Enjoy.

This is the 1978 release of Blondie's third studio album and was there breakout lp. It reached #1 in the UK and #6 in the USA. One way or an other,Heart of Glass and Hanging on the telephone were some if the singles. This was the start of a new wave sound that swept the 80's. Personally my favorite Blondie album . Enjoy.

I am posting this because of Black Sabbath's return. Touring for the last time this year. Coming to the Detroit area this Fri. I hope to get into the show somehow(sneak in maybe). Toni has been fighting cancer and Ozzy....is well Ozzy. Along with Geezer, but unfortunately not Bill Ward on drums. 2nd is a mirror I've had for a long time. 3rd is the 5th & 8th studio album. 1st is the 1st & 4th studio album. Brunswick & Caperkid hope you like this one. Thanx for lookin.

Always looking through the CD's at garage sales. Found this jewel for the usual price. Has some of my favorites on it. Midnight Rider, Jim Dandy, and Do You Feel Like We Do, to name a few. I noticed the paper inside was thick, when I opened it up, I found a great poster of Ziggy Stardust inside, which alone, is worth the price. Thanks for stopping by.

This is the 1976 lp by British Heavy Metal band Judas Priest titled "Sad Wings of Destiny". It is there 2nd album released on Janus Records. This album defined there sound and is considered a classic of metal. In a dispute with gull records they lost the rights to it and the demo recordings. It was the only album to feature drummer Alan Moore. One of my favourite metal lps and Glen Tipton is one of my favorite guitarist. Get the horns up. Enjoy.

This is for Antiquerose a 1974 lp the best of the Carlton Show band. Great Irish dancing music. Most songs under 3 minutes including Johnny Cash's Forty Shades of green and my favorite Black Velvet Band. Enjoy.

This is the 1984 release of Bryan Adam's Reckless. This was his most successful lp and hit #1 on the Billboard charts spawning 6 singles to make the top 15 only accomplished by Michael Jackson and Bruce Springsteen. Recorded at Little Mountain Sound in Vancouver British Columbia. Keith Scott guitarist on this lp is very underated. Enjoy.

I have listened to this once. It is an old self-recorded record. It sounded like it is some guy in the War and on some days off. I think it sounds like he says he is " Private Buck ". At least that is what it sounds like to me and that he is making this record to send home for his family to hear his voice. Back in the day -- that would be a nice touch when they are missing their boy at war. Only one side has anything recorded on. Kinda neat. It is scratching so what I hear the guy saying sounds like that, as tried to make it his voice as best as I could. I assume from about the 1940's era. Just a Great old collectible. Also not sure it the name is ( since the way it is spelled:

~ RecorDisc Corp .....or
~ RecorD Disc Corp

Thanks for LOOKING / LOVING !

~ Rose ~

==== About the RecorDisc Corp ====

The RecorDisc Corp. blanks were aluminum discs coated with cellulose nitrate lacquer, with generic labels that could be filled in by hand.
Given this, the best format tag to use when entering these releases is Lathe Cut.

Releases having this label were most likely home recordings or demos.
Blanks were able to be recorded from either the outside-in or the inside-out. From 395 Broadway , New York City, NY, 10013, USA

Fellow Collector "brunswick" has posted the Saturday Night Fever Album, where John Travolta is busting his moves on the Jacket Art. It had brought this piece to mind and thought I'd share. Hope you enjoy.
Produced for Disney but Bradley Time circa 1978 and came with a 7 inch vinyl record and poster.
Thanks for looking.
Kerry

This is the 1984 lp by British Rock group Slade. This was released in the U.K. under the title "The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome" The big song Run Run Away was shot at Eastnor Castle in Hertfordshire. Enjoy.

This is the 1984 album by American rock group the cars. It peaked at #3 on the billboard charts.The cover art was from a 1972 piece by Peter Phillips called Art. O Matic Loop di Loop. The album wss produced by Mutt Lange. Enjoy.

Dizzydave , Brunswick and a few others inspired me to show some of my music collection. Started listening to records in 1978. Stopped collecting records for the most part(still pick one up from time to time) In the late 90's and switched to cd's, but still play my records though.

This is American Rock band Boston's 1986 lp Third Stage. It was there only #1 album with the hit Amanda. This song was written in 1980 but legal fighting over record labels cost them six years. I really liked there first two LPs as well. Enjoy.

This is a 1978 Lp of Boney M.,s Night Flight To Venus. This group was formed in Germany in 1976 and the members were from Jamaica, Aruba and Montserrat so I suppose Bb2 has had cocktail with them. Lol. With hits like Brown Girl in the Ring, The Rivers of Babylon, and Rasputin it reached #1 in several countries. Thought I wold post this before Thomas Lol. The band pretty much died with disco. Enjoy.

After seeing Brunswick Record post -- thought I would quickly post this one. Great old 45 rpm records, ALL RED COLORED, with the original record booklet to hold them. They are all there -- complete original set.

This is music week on CW and while I collect many Lps and 45's I thought I would post my old record cabinet which hold just Elvis . Some are still sealed in shrink wrap and some I have in plastic bags so as not to scratch covers. So here is a sample of Elvis area in my Woman Cave :-)
The LP record cabinet has dividers and opens down to display the records . It is not the fanciest one but it works for me . And there are the Elvis dolls too along with large photo live on stage.
brunswick inspired me to do this post :-)

Picked these up for little money on a local auction site. Had some other items already won at the auction, so figured I had to go and pick the stuff up anyway, so might as well make it worthwhile.
Dated from 1966. Pre-recorded jingles/commercials for Dominion/Canada Dry Beverages. Canada.
Two records, with jingles/songs/voiceovers on A and B sides of each. Unfortunately, I have yet to listen to them as I do not have a record player anymore. Of coarse, that didn't stop me buying them, and will lead to me collecting a vintage record player. I will repost when I have a listen, and see if they are some cool jingle that I remember from my childhood. I bought them just to save a little more Canadian history, and figure they most likely came from my home town radio station.

I love the Beatles.John Lennon in particular.
Yoko however is a different story.
On this album is a bunch of signatures.on the album cover itself,on the jacket and even on the record. It is also numbered as I have a number three in a couple places one looks like a watermark.
Just starting to go though them now and man would it be cool if Johns was on here.
It was released a month before he was killed.
Has some weird numbers around the label but Murphy's law prevails

I won this gold record in a poker game,
Believe it or not ! It was presented to Warner Brothers Records too commemorate the sale of more than 500,000 copies of the album " Purple Rain by recording artist " Prince"
In 1984.

From 1972 featuring the 25 minute long track Suppers Ready. This is actually the third album cover Paul Whitehead did for Genesis. But this one is done in the same style as the Nursery Cryme cover. It even includes the Nursery Cryme cover on the backside with the croquet game. Many other elements are taken from this album and the live show including Peter Gabriel's vixen costume. Gabriel had a variety of costumes he wore in live performances.
Once again the inside cover has the lyrics along with photos of the band members including Phil Collins with long hair. Back then he was the drummer with occasional background vocals.

A pair of Albums by Genesis featuring art by Paul Whitehead.
In 1971 Genesis was a much different band then they were when they had all their hits in the 1980s. They were a progressive rock band then sort of a Victorian/gothic art rock band.
The cover art on this was inspired by the first track "The Musical Box". In that Miss Cynthia Smythe did not care for young Henry's amorous advances and beheads him with a croquet mallet. Seems to make the Beatles with their baby dolls butcher cover seem a bit tame.
Inside are the lyrics along with band information.
This is an English import on the famous Charisma label.

This the U.S. debut album Metal Health by Quiet Riot. The band was formed in 1973 by Guitarist Randy Rhodes and bassist Kelly Garni. Rhodes left in 1979 to join Ozzy Osbourne and later died in 1982. Released in 1983 metal health was dedicated to Rhodes. This album removed The Police lp Synchronicity to become the first heavy metal album to top billboard's top 200.

This is a. 180 gr. remastered vinyl lp of the 1983 release of U2's "War" the bands third studio album and first certified gold record. It hit #1 knocking out Michael Jackson's Thriller. Personally my favorite album of the 1980's. New Years Day and Sunday Bloody Sunday were 2 singles from this lp. Enjoy.

This is the fourth studio album from American rockers Van Halen .Released in 1981 the cover artworks feature a detail from "the maze" by Canadian artist William Kurelek which depicts tortured youth. Esquire magazine said it was one of 75 albums every man should own.Enjoy.

This is the debut album from UK s Billy Idol. Released in 1982 it peaked at #3 with the hit White Wedding. Awesome guitarist Steve Stevens played on this Album. Loved his New Wave Punk style with the patented snear. Enjoy.

This is the 1979 lp Damm the Torpedoes by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It peaked at # 2 on the Billboard 200 but could not over take Pink Floyd's The Wall. Ranked # 313 all time billboard top 500. Enjoy.

Carl Perkins Sun Record 45 Vinyl "Blue Suede Shoes". This Vintage vinyl record was also included with the other four Sun Record Label Vinyl records of Elvis Presley. Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash And Jerry Lee Lewis all started recording and became good friends at Sun Records.

Found And Bought At An Estate Sale Four Vintage First Release Of The Four Elvis Presley Sun Label Records He Recorded For Sam Phillips In 1954. Songs Include," (That's All Right, Blue Moon Over Kentuckey)(You're A HeartBreaker, Milkcow Blues Boogie)(I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine,Good Rockin Tonight,) I'm Left Your Right,She's Gone, Baby Lets Play House). My Research Indicates That All Push Marks, I.D Number And Names On Vinyl To Be Original. In Original Brown Sleeve Covers. In Addition, Included In The Bundle I Found A Carl Perkins Sun Label 45 Vinyl,"Blue Suede Shoes", Not Shown In Picture. I Feel That This Is One My Biggest Find In Estate Sale, Garage Sale, Etc. Hope To get Them Graded As Soon As Possible. Sam Sheppard Who Discovered Elvis Presley Sold His Contract For $35,000.00 Dollars To RCA Records. RCA Records Re-Released Elvis Presley Original Five Songs He Recorded With Sun Records. These Four Sun Record Elvis Presley Vinyl Records Are 61 Years Old And The Very First Of 20,ooo To Be Released Commercially Back In 1954.

This is the 1982 Dire Straits Lp Love Over Gold my favorite Dire Straits lp .You walk on a high wire you a dancer on thin ice you pay no heed to danger and less to advice. Awesome lyrics. One of my favorite guitar players as well.( Mark Knopfler) Enjoy.

This is the debut solo album of Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks. She never official left Fleetwood but tensions with guitar player ex-boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham were taking a toll. All songs but one are written by her,Duets with Tom Petty and Don Henley were hits. She is billboard magazines Queen of Rock this album was 3 yrs in billboards top 200. This was platinum in under 3 months and be her best selling Album. She entered the Rock and Roll Hall of fame as a member of Fleetwood Mac. Enjoy.

Few albums have affected me the way this one has, growing up in rural Canada in the late 1970,s listening to mainly am radio with the likes of The Commodores, Andy Gibb, Barry Manilow and Abba topping the charts I walked into a Sam The Record Mans store and the guy behind the counter says you gotta hear this. From the first to last song we listened about twelve customers. Five of us immediately bought it. Van Halens first studio album was like nothing I heard before. Powerful guitar riffs and a flamboyant singer was its magic. Hard Rock at its very best. Have almost wore this out. Enjoy.

This is the soundtrack of Touchstones "The color of Money " from 1986. It won Mr Newman a Academy award for best actor and was the sequel to " The Hustler". Got this for Warren Zevons classic Werewolves of London. Enjoy.

This is the second lp by British Due Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart. This topped the charts in many countries in 1983. Sweet Dreams being there biggest hit. They broke up in 1990 Lennox launched a successful solo career and Steward is a highly sought producer. They got together a couple times since. Enjoy.

First of all, I was a vinyl collector long before I was ever really aware of glass. I have around 4000 or so. In a previous life I sold high end audio gear for a living... for a very long time.

So here is the story of the Butcher cover and my find.

Considered by many record collectors to be one of the Holy Grails of records, the Butcher cover is a rare find "in the wild".

First of all the Beatles Butcher cover was a 1966 release which caused a huge and immediate controversy. Capitol records recalled 750,000 copies from distributors almost immediately. Some of the albums were sold in what is now called a "first state" Butcher Cover before the recall. The third image above is an image of the original cover.

Upon the recall, Capitol took a new set of pictures, and selected the quite innocuous cover now associated with the album. The original covers had an applied paste-over image applied to cover the original image. This version is now referred to as a "second state" Butcher Cover.

Over time, as the original cover gained popularity as a collectible and a rock era icon, there were different ways developed to remove the paste-over cover. These ranged from early attempts at steaming and peeling them, to later uses of chemicals to dissolve the glue and peel the cover. This version of the peeled cover is now referred to as a "third state" Butcher Cover.

Now, as a result of all of the peel jobs done to second state covers, the second state covers are actually the rarest. First state covers still command the most money if in good condition, although quality copies of the second state in nice condition do command very good prices.

So as a record collector, my search to "find" and not just "buy" a Butcher Cover was a long one.... It covered a period of over 35 years. Sure I could have just bought one, but it is the search that drives many of us, and the resulting find which is the story.... so here is mine.

For a number of years around 2005 or so, I ran an auction for a living in Seattle. A job I eventually left to run an Acrylic manufacturing firm. Luckily for me the new job was only a couple of miles from the auction house, and I had the flexibility to go to auctions on Monday mornings if I needed (wanted) to.

Since I had recommended the manager that replaced me, I would leave work early on Fridays and stop by the auction to preview while they were setting up. I did just that on a fateful Friday.

As part of the auction area there was a section of items set up as "box lots". these were generally items which would not bring huge amounts of money in the live bidding. All auction houses miss something at some point, so box lots is one of my favorite areas to preview. I would almost always place boxes of records in that area. There would occasionally be an exception to that, but not very often. Well this particular day was not any different, and I found a box of records in that area.

Having collected for so many years, I went through the box extremely quickly, and noticed the Beatles cover but went right by it. I had after all, likely seen thousands of the covers over the years and all had been later issues of the LP. Besides, the condition was far too clean to be an original 1966 paste-over..... by the time I reached the back of the box, the little voice.... yes that is what I said.... the little voice.... told me to go back and look at the Beatles cover again..... and I ALWAYS listen to the little voice. I pulled it out of the box and walk under a bright overhead light, and there it was.... the V in the white area to the right of the trunk.... the V from the shirt under Ringo's butcher smock that shows lightly through the paste-over cover.... I knew my eyes were playing a trick on me, so I walked over to the door and looked at it in the sunlight... and there it was, as plain as could be if you knew what you were looking at.

I walked back inside and grabbed about 6 more kind of collectible titles including another Beatles cover, and asked my friend running the auction to lot them as a live bid item early in the auction and he said he would. My only concern was if Dave.... another collector who would know immediately, would show up to preview.... I would know on Monday morning.

The fateful morning arrived and to my relief, Dave had neither previewed or shown up to bid... so the lot came up and one other person bid on the small record lot.... $17.50.... the lot closed with the winning bid being mine.... I paid for them and grabbed them... and on my way out the door my buddy rusty, that ran the auction came over and asked me.... what was there I was so interested in... and I explained it all to him.

I took it home, thrilled that it was not only in fabulous condition, but that it is the much harder to find Stereo version. The majority of LP pressings were Mono in 1966.

Framed and hanging on my wall, it is the culmination of a 35 year search.... and undeniable proof of two things... Persistence always pays off.... and more importantly.... ALWAYS, and I mean ALWAYS, listen to the little voice when it speaks.....

The first image above is my second state Butcher Cover.
The second image shows the V in the white area indicating what it actually is.
The third image is an original first state Butcher Cover.

In many discussion,s on music the name Alvin Lee rarely comes up. A very talented guitar player,singer,songwriter,producer. Is know in his early years with Ten Years After.He played at Woodstock and recorded untill his death in 2012. He recorded with Mick Fleetwood,Bo Diddley,George Harrison,Peter Frampton,Ronnie Wood,Steve Winwood,Rory Gallagher,Mick Taylor,John Mayal and Albert Lee. This is his 1987 LP Detroit Diesel. Enjoy.

This is a '78 recording of Babe Ruth's farewell speech at Yankee Stadium that my father gave me around 1966 - 68. He was a repo man many years ago and brought home many interesting items. So I put it in a glass frame so it wouldn't warp, and now has stayed in excellent condition, just like when dad gave it to me.

New 1999 Doors Light My Fire 24KT Gold-Plated Record with sheet music.
Beautifully framed and matted, this is an officially licensed Doors collectible which is limited to an edition of 2500 pieces.
#890 or 2,500
Rare.You won't find another new still sealed in plastic . Can't even find a used one..
sorry Pictures are not great with plastic

In 1972 Jethro Tull released a parody concept album Thick As A Brick. . Concepta albums were all the rage back then and this one features a single track 43 minutes long. Due to the limits of the LP format it is split into two parts.
The album opens up to become a 12 page newspaper, later versions left out the fold out newspaper. There are several articles about Gerald "Little Milton" Bostock, a review of the album and articles about some sort non-rabbit and many others of a full feature newspaper. It is a bit like the National Lampoon Sunday Newspaper.
Gerald Bostock was an 8 year old child genius who wrote the lyrics for the album and is also a fictional character. Ian Anderson actually wrote the lyrics as usual for a Jethro Tull album.
Don't let your kids fill out the connect the dots puzzle. I haven't checked the crossword puzzle yet. May not be rated G.

King Crimson's debut album from 1969. This is generally considered the first progressive rock album although there may be others such as The Nice. Progressive rock was based on classical music along with a bit of jazz instead of the blues. This is a Japanese pressing which were considered to be the best quality records. English versions also tended to be a bit better than the American versions.
You can see this has the paper strap on the back side of the cover. Also a lyric sheet in Japanese of which both sides are seen in the last image.
The actual record is protected by a Disk Washer VRP (valuable record protector) sleeve.
This was back from my audiophile days when I used a $100 stylus and a Technics direct drive turntable.

On November 24 1984 a cousin asked me to go see this band I had never heard of before. Needless today I was blown away and a fan ever since. This is a a banner from the show. Also a new live vinyl album. Thirty two years later I get to take my kids and wife. (Early xmas present) I'm so pumped.Enjoy.

The original cover with the pop up inside from 1969. When the album cover is opened the band stands up with a pop up sort of like a childrens book. It was soon replaced with a version that did not open.
The record inside is from Reprise although the album cover is the Chrysalis line.
One of the fun thing about buying record albums was the album art and extras such as this one.
Stand Up was the first true Jethro Tull album. There was the album titled "This Was" but the album title was a bit of a jest as this was what Jethro Tull sounded like before they found their true sound.

Record album covers. Stethoscopic Heart records. On Columbia records. Moby Dick or the Whale, by Herman Melville selections read by Louis Zorich. The conquest of Space. William L. Laurence. The World of Science and the nature and structure of Matter. Presented by Dr. P. Kusch.

Four Album covers. Capitol Jazz Classics Vol 3. Art Tatum solo piano. Wry and ginger. Presented by the red and white revue. McGill University February 1958. Coltrane .......and the last one is Howard Hawks' Hatari! Music from the Paramount motion picture score Henry Mancini.

I was at a flea market last week and found a vendor with a huge collection of vintage vinyl. Pulled these out for my New Wave fix. The memories of my crazy hair style makes me laugh.
Freeze Frame is the 12th studio album and most successful album by American band The J. Geils Band released in 1981. It was their only # 1 album.
Non Stop Erotic Cabaret is the debut album of English duo Soft Cell released in 1981. The single Tainted Love (cover of a soul song by Gloria Jones) was the UK s #1 song of 1981

A Flock Of SeaGulls was the debut self titled album by synth pop band A Flock Of SeaGulls. The single I Ran went #1 in Australia and #7 in the US.

Tonight I'm Yours is 11th studio album of UKs Rod Stewart. Released in 1981 it had three singles Young Turks went to #3 in the US
Got the four which were in great shape for ten bucks.

An album of 78 RPM records came along with my Grafonola. These were from the 1940s so were paired with the Grafonola at a later date. The album cover, which has come off, has an index of the records inside. These were basically singles with one track per side.
Also included was a small tin of gramophone needs which are close to the size of a small nail. A long way from Audio Technica stylus I used to buy for $100.
I miss my 70s-80s audio equipment, that is the real vintage stuff.

Another piece from cleaning out the old family home. I was going to let someone else have it but it ended up here.
This is a windup record player with an internal horn. One opens the slats to increase or decrease the volume using the knob on the right hand side.
There are no model number markings that I can find so I am having a hard time placing the time. The Grafonola were made from about 1907 into the 1930s.
There is a speed control that you adjust until it sounds right. It does not have settings for various speeds.
It came with some 10" 78 records and works well. Although it takes a lot of cranking.

Sometimes things just catch my eye .... I really gave forgotten where I picked this up. The cover photo is just fabulous and the condition of the 10" inside looked almost mint. The cover is well worn. But the names !!!

Impromptu !!!!

From what I can make out this is a rare Australian pressing of this classic. I lived through the Fifties in Australia and I suspect that not argue numbers of this title was sold.

I'm still to play it! I do not have the equipment any more !!

All my vinyl I sold to an ex-partner when we split 25 years ago ... I still miss them to be truthful. One of life's regrets!

CLEF WAS PRESSED IN AUSTRALIA FROM SEPTEMBER 1954 BY ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES IMPORTS PTY LTD.

Manufacturer: Electronic Industries Imports Pty. Ltd., South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. This was a company owned by Astor, Australia .... the makers of the Peter Pan Radio as seen on the back of the sleeve.

This is my 1970 album After the Gold Rush by Neil Young. This was one of 4 high profile solo albums released by the members of Crosby ,Stills Nash and Young. This was Neils 3rd of over 35 studio albums. It got its main influence from Dean Stockwell and Herb Bermans screenplay of the same name. Despite mixed initial reviews it is on many top album of all time charts. Double Platinum in the Uk , USA , and Canada. Neil Young was entered twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame once as a solo artist and as a member of Buffalo Springfield. The song sweet home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd was written as a response to the song southern man on this album.Enjoy.

Back in the day every movie and show had a coloring book, color forms ,lunch boxes from Planet of the Apes to Star Trek, Some that would probably get licensed as a kids product these day. Some would be considered to violent. but back in the 70s we had the Planet of the Apes franchise. One of my all time favorites. I'll even go out and say I love the original ones better than the new movies. there was just something there that the new ones are missing.

Good things do come in small packages. I was moving an old W.W. Kimball 78 phonograph player I have in storage the other day and out of the record compartment fell this little packet of Pathe ball needles. I have been looking for years for one to try out a Pathe machine I also have in storage. They are scarce as hens teeth and about the same size. They are used to play old Pathe vertical cut records. I have never found any place to buy reproduction ones and originals on ebay are few and far between and usually priced more than I paid for the whole machine. Two of these special sapphire ball end needles appear to be set in a machined Ivory stem. I imagine they are the softer tone ones. The Kimball branded machine I have appears to be designed to play either vertical or lateral recorded discs. It looks just like the unit pictured on the needle bag.

Being older, I got to experience a number of great movies in my childhood some new and some in re-release, like the subject of this post, Walt Disney's Song of the South, which was made in 1946. Song of the South is a re-telling of the stories of Uncle Remus, by Joel Chandler Harris. The movie was re-released in the middle to late 50's and I saw it as a child, James Baskett played the role of Uncle Remus. It is considered too racist for today's children, but I never found it that way. Hattie McDaniel was also in the move. During one of my Saturday pillages I found this LP from the movie, The Johnny Mercer song Zip-a-Doo-Dah from this movie won the Oscar for best song in 1947. Below is a link to James Baskett singing the Oscar winning song from the movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bWyhj7siEY

And Hattie McDaniel as Tempy singing Sooner or Later from the movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4g-bCQtKhM

As I stated before, Frank Sinatra was my dad's all time favorite. These albums are in used, but good condition. The ring-a-ding ding album is a 33 1/2 rpm. I think I am going to play me some Frank!! Just wanted to share memories...

I have Set C-102 Columbia Records - Benny Goodman. There are 4 records in the collection. I think they are 78s - but I am not sure. I am assuming that these records were used in my grandfather's club in the 50s. I obtained them from their record collection. I just find them rather interesting. The records themselves are pretty thick and heavy. Just memories...

Beatles Love Songs album. I found it cleaning out... and I think I am going to play it now!! The albums are in great condition. I didn't even realize I had this album down in the basement. I am happy!!

I was at my local thrift store a few years ago looking for records like I often do when I came across this beautiful gem!

It's The Beatles Second Album on Odeon - ZTOX 5558. I recognized the front cover as the cover of the US pressing of Something New but the back is the usual Second Album back cover. Quite strange!

I was not too familiar with Odeon pressings and figured it couldn't be worth too much since I have never had good luck at thrift stores but I gladly paid the 25 cents. Recently I have gotten back into record collecting so I decided to look it up. Imagine my delight when I learned that not only are Odeon pressings highly collectible but this just happens to be the rarest of them all!! It is referred to as a "Holy Grail" record on one site that I found.

This is a German pressing that from what I can gather was only sold on American military bases in Germany and Switzerland in 1964. I'd love to know more information such as how many were pressed, etc.

The price guides I have found say that in NM condition this would be valued around $1,000! This copy is not in NM, however it is in remarkably good shape for a thrift store find! The jacket is probably VG+ to EX and the record is VG to VG+. Their are some creases where the laminate has "bubbled" slightly but the only other copies I have found online seem to look much worse. Overall in great shape with only one scratch that may affect playability and no writing or marks on the jacket and only one dinged corner.

If you have any info on this pressing please let me know! Also, never give up on thrift stores!

Ahhhhh. Classic hardbop from the legendary Blue Note label. This is an out-of-print vinyl reissue from the Mosaic Records label out of Stamford, CT. I have over 120 of their box sets since 1983! Every one ESSENTIAL.

I finally got my Holy Grail - an original Stereo Butcher Cover! It's an RIAA #2 pressed in Jacksonville, IL. As you may know, Stereo copies are 10 times as rare as Mono copies and I have wanted to own one for 20 years. A friend recently bought this for me as a gift and I couldn't be happier. It is a 3rd state with a really good peel job. It was steamed off in the late 60's and only has a few minor flaws due to the peel.

The bottom seam is split about 8" but I am considering repairing the split. It should be fairly easy to do as the split has been fairly "gentle" leaving the original cardboard intact. I should be able to use a tiny amount of glue and repair about 6 of the 8 inches of the split. I've read that Elmer's Glue Sticks work best and I would apply a very small amount with the tip of a small flathead screwdriver. I say I am considering it because I'm not sure if repairing it would decrease the value. I don't think it should, as I wouldn't be adding any new material (apart from the small amount of glue) and it would almost look as if it hadn't been split at all besides the slight cracks. If I ever resell it (which I don't plan on doing) I would of course be honest about the repair. If you are a serious collector and know about this kind of thing I would love to hear your feedback as to whether I should or should not do this.

I also ordered a Dry Clean Sponge from Amazon that rare book conservators and historical manuscript preservationists use that I intend on using (very gently) to remove the dirt and grime from the back of the LP. I do not want to use any liquids or other chemicals on the jacket. Again, feedback is appreciated.

There is also a small amount of fraying at the very top of the jacket. There is still some of the paper remaining but it is a tad shredded. I do believe I could glue down the pieces that remain and it would look a little better.

The record itself is in EX condition with only a few very minor surface scratches. (and I do mean VERY minor) It came complete with original inner sleeve which does have small seam splits on all three sides.

My plan is to do the very minor repairs and then place the record in a rice paper sleeve and frame the cover in a beautiful wood frame with 99% UV museum glass and I'll display it alongside my other Butcher cover (a 2nd state Mono copy in fairly poor condition) along with a copy of the recall letter in between.

Today, I found an old Beatles album that does not have a printed label. It only has "Beatles at Japan" handwritten on a blank yellow album case. It also has "Japan 1900-A".handwritten near the center. The record has "Beatles" handwritten in the yellow center. Typed in the middle is " Side One". Flip side has "Side Two". There is a beige dust jacket.

Any guess what this record is???

Also... Capital Record labeled " The Beatles Story", On one side is: "The Beatles will be Beatles", "Man Behind the Music - George Martin; 3. George Harrison.....

I'm not a record collector whatsoever. I don't own a record player so I can't even play them.
Anyone familiar or interested in these records?
Thx for your feedback.

UPDATING.. Today, I listened the record. Yep, it is one long recording of the Beatles in concert. Crowd applause. One of the Beatles was announcing their songs. There's about 11 songs including Rock and Roll Music, She's a Woman, Paperback Writer, Yesterday and some more songs were on it. Both sides are recorded. The sound was wonderful and it was exciting to hear them talk and sing. I was told it is in "very good grade condition" I'm kinda thinking might be their concert at Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo but I don't follow Beatles history.

i got this album at a yard sale for 10.00 meet the beatles mint condition with a reddish purple label the front cover doesnt say in stereo like the others do. i called capital records in ca. and they said it may be a 1978 reissue or a canadian copy???? any info would be appreciated my email is piernigeorge1950@gmail.com

Posted is a Columbia Graphophone Cylinder Player. It plays very well with the old wax cylinders that were made for the two (2) minute play. (Some later cylinder players were capable of playing two minute and four minute wax cylinders.)
It has an oak case, a witch hat horn, and a crane to support the weight of the horn. It looks as though it was newly purchased a few days ago, that's how nice it was kept. Not bad for 115 years old. This model has two wind up spring motors connected together so you are able to play a few songs before winding the crank.

A few old bootleg vinyl records by The Beatles, which I picked up at a record swap meet and Beatles Convention during the mid-1980's. Started collecting old and rare albums 41 years ago and continue to this day.
(*Bootlegs contain rare and unreleased material such as studio outtakes and live recordings, NOT to be confused with counterfeit albums).

I bought this album from a friend of mine that had kept it in a cardboard box for many years as part of his collection. When I bought it I took it out of the cover to clean it before playing and discovered that it had a double label. Has anyone ever seen one of these. Please refer to the attached picture as reference.

Hello all! I have been trying to track down any positive identification of what exactly this cabinet is, so that I can find the correct replacement needle. It's a Wards Airline WG-2805B, 4-Speed, Hi-Fi, AM/FM console. Does anyone have an idea of the year or correct replacement needle? (I'll post pictures) Numbers on the back of the needle say: E-1 3W, 050

- 45 rpm record released in September, 1965 by Capitol Records
- "The Beatles" / Capitol #5498 (1965) - Beatles color picture sleeve
- Side A - "Yesterday" / - Side B - "Act Naturally"
** "Yesterday", written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon-McCartney) was first issued for their U.K. album Help! released August, 1965. Yesterday with B-side Act Naturally was released as a U.S. single September, 1965. While it topped the American chart in 1965 the song first hit the British top 10 three months after the release of Help! - The song also appeared on the U.S. album "The Beatles Yesterday and Today" released June, 1966.
** "Act Naturally" is a song written by Johnny Russell and Voni Morrison, originally recorded by Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, whose version reached number 1 on the Billboard Country Singles chart in 1963. The song has been covered by many other artists, including Loretta Lynn and Dwight Yoakam. The Beatles covered the song in 1965 on the UK version of their album Help! and released as the B-side of "Yesterday" in the U.S.

- 45 rpm record released on March 6, 1970 by Apple Records
- "The Beatles" / Apple #2764 (1970) - Apple Records picture sleeve
- Side A - "Let It Be" / - Side B - "You Know My Name"
** "Let It Be", written and sung by Paul McCartney as a single, had the highest debut on the Billboard Hot 100, coming in at Number 6.
** "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)", was originally released as the B-side of the single "Let It Be" on 6 March 1970 - it was recorded in four separate sessions beginning with three in May and June 1967, and one in 1969.

Hello. I bought several old records at an auction. I believe these records were from a relative of Rita Records. I do have a question. I have a Roland James Record with Down Yonder/Beautiful Dreamer with the number R-45-110. I can not find this anywhere. Is it possible that this record was never issued? If it was never issued, does that mean it is rare?
I also have a Lightin' Leon record Repossession Blues/ Dark, Muddy Bottom with a R-105/R106 number. The official number seems to be 1005. Again are these rare?

- "Ray Charles - Genius & Soul" - (5) CD Box Set released in 1997
- by Rhino Entertainment Corp. / "The 50th Anniversary Collection"
- The outer box lid is a black color with silhouette of Ray Charles and a keyboard at the bottom (gold print RC) - The set includes (5) CD's containing a total of 102 recordings and the CD cases are designed like piano keyboards. - Also included is a 76 page information booklet containing Ray Charles' biography, song recording history, concert and studio photographs, and discography descriptions. The back of the booklet is embossed in braille as Ray Charles was completely blind by the age of seven. Ray Charles died in 2004.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles

Just thought I would post a few here, to take us all back down the memory lane. Funny who times turn around. Young Folks are collecting and listening to these now. A few years ago -- you could not give them away at a Garage Sale. I think a lot of people *trashed* them during that time.

- 45 rpm record released on August 26, 1968 by Apple Records
- "The Beatles" / Apple #2276 (1968) - Apple Records black sleeve
- Side A - "Hey Jude" / - Side B - "Revolution"
** This was the first 45rpm single The Beatles released on their newly formed Apple Record label. "Hey Jude" was at the time the longest single
(7 minutes) ever to top the British charts. It also spent nine weeks at number one in the United States, the longest for any Beatles single. "Revolution" had two versions of the song recorded in 1968: a hard rock version, released as the B-side of the "Hey Jude" single, and a slower, bluesier version ("Revolution 1") for the album The Beatles (the "White Album").

This is a 45rpm released in 1973 by London Records of the band "ZZ Top".
(1973) - London Records #LON-203 - (in London Phase 4 Records sleeve)
- Side A - "La Grange" (1973) / - Side B - "Just Got Paid" (1972)
*** ZZ Top is an American rock band that formed in 1969 in Houston, TX. The band comprises guitarist and lead vocalist Billy Gibbons, bassist and co-lead vocalist Dusty Hill, and drummer Frank Beard. One of the few major label recording groups to have held the same lineup for more than forty years, ZZ Top has been praised by critics and fellow musicians alike for their technical mastery. Since the release of the band's debut album in January 1971, ZZ Top has become known for its strong blues roots and humorous lyrical motifs, relying heavily on double entendres and innuendo. ZZ Top's musical style has changed over the years, beginning with blues-inspired rock on their early albums, then incorporating new wave, punk rock and dance-rock, with heavy use of synthesizers. One of the best-selling musical artists in history, the band has had global album sales in excess of 50 million as of 2014. As a group, ZZ Top possesses 11 gold records and 7 platinum (13 multi-platinum) records; their 1983 album, Eliminator, remains the group's most commercially successful record, selling over 10 million units.- ZZ Top was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.

This is a 45rpm released in 1970 by Atlantic Records of "Led Zeppelin"
(1970) - Atlantic Records #45-2777 - (in Atlantic Records sleeve)
- Side A - "Immigrant Song" / - Side B - "Hey, Hey, What Can I Do"
*** Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968. The group consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. The band's heavy, guitar-driven sound, rooted in blues and psychedelia on their early albums, has earned them recognition as one of the progenitors of heavy metal, though their unique style drew from a wide variety of influences, including folk music. After changing their name from the New Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin signed a deal with Atlantic Records that afforded them considerable artistic freedom. Although the group was initially unpopular with critics, they achieved significant commercial success with albums such as Led Zeppelin (1969), Led Zeppelin II (1969), Led Zeppelin III (1970), their untitled fourth album (1971), Houses of the Holy (1973), and Physical Graffiti (1975). The group disbanded following Bonham's death from alcohol-related asphyxia in 1980. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.

- 45 rpm record released in August, 1966 by Capitol Records
- "The Beatles" / Capitol #5715 (1966) - plain white sleeve (not color sleeve)
- Side A - "Yellow Submarine" / - Side B - "Eleanor Rigby"
** Yellow Submarine, written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney), with lead vocals by Ringo Starr. The single went to number 1 on every major British chart, remained at number 1 for four weeks and charted for 13 weeks. In the U.S., the song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and became the most successful Beatles song to feature Ringo Starr as lead vocalist.
** Eleanor Rigby was written by Paul McCartney, and credited to Lennon–McCartney.
It did not fare so well, spending four weeks at number one on the British charts, but in America it only reached the eleventh spot.

I recently came across these four really cool mono recordings by Sam Cooke on Keen records.

Cooke was with Keen for the a little over two years, a period in which he delivered up some of the prettiest romantic ballads and teen pop singles of the era, including "For Sentimental Reasons," "Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha," "Only Sixteen," and "(What A) Wonderful World." These were extraordinarily beautiful records, and in between the singles came some early album efforts, most notably Tribute to the Lady, his album of songs associated with Billie Holiday.

I hope you enjoy seeing these hard to find records - at least hard to find in great condition.

Found this at a thrift store and am I missing something?
I never heard of this and thru my research over 3 hours,
not in a row. Could find nothing on the subject or images.
Every time I find something unique. Well I think so.
Always very interested in finding out all I can about item.
Especially in electronics. As the age, year when produced,
how long was in production before technology surpassed
the need for program ect.
So having said that if anyone could shed some light on
the topic would that would be great. Thanks
Also was wondering if this could be counted as a computer
collectible and would be of interest in that field of collecting.

My father gave me this, I think its pretty great. The only thing is I can't find anything out about it, and I have looked, A lot. Basically the story goes that in the seventies my old man would rent out his B3 organ to touring bands, because B3s with the full size Lesley were so big that they were cheaper to rent than to haul around the country. So, when I asked him where he got it, he tells me the stones gave it to him...... in 75....... as thanks for borrowing the instrument. Now my father has had this buckle as long as I can remember, in that time he has never played a rolling stones album. Not once.
Now, I know that that he was in a local band in the 70s, and that he rented his B3 out to many touring acts, mainly but not exclusively to United Artists. On the other hand, he has slowly slipped towards senility over the last few years. So thats the gambit. if anyone knows anything about this buckle, I would be greatly appreciative to know if I'm sporting a china made rip off or a hand made priceless relic.
How often I dawn this buckle will be determined.

This is a 45rpm released in 1970 by Atlantic Records of "Wilson Pickett"
(1970) - Atlantic Records #45-2722 - (in Atlantic Golden Oldies sleeve)
- Side A - "Sugar, Sugar" / - Side B - "Cole, Cooke & Redding"
*** Wilson Pickett was an American Rhythm & Blues, soul, and rock and roll singer and songwriter. Among his best known hits are "In the Midnight Hour" (1965), "Land of 1,000 Dances", "Mustang Sally","Funky Broadway", and "Sugar, Sugar" (The Archie's). - Pickett was a popular composer writing songs that were recorded by many artists including Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, the Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, the Grateful Dead, Booker T. & the MGs, Genesis, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Hootie & the Blowfish, Echo & the Bunnymen, Roxy Music, Bruce Springsteen, Los Lobos, The Jam and Ani DiFranco, among others. Pickett appeared in the 1998 film Blues Brothers 2000, in which he performed "634–5789" with Eddie Floyd and Jonny Lang. He was previously mentioned in the 1980 film Blues Brothers, which features several members of Pickett's backing band, as well as a performance of "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love." - Pickett was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991 and died at the age of 64 in 2006.

- 45 rpm record released on March 15, 1968 by Capitol Records
- "The Beatles" / Capitol #2138 (1968) - plain white sleeve (no color sleeve)
- Side A - "Lady Madonna" / - Side B - "The Inner Light"
* This release was recorded shortly before The Beatles left for their spiritual retreat in India and it was their final release on Capitol Records.
They would release all their following material on Apple Records.
- "Lady Madonna" (Lennon-McCartney) - Hit #4 on Billboard Hot 100
- "The Inner Light" (George Harrison) - Spent one week on the Billboard Hot 100 at #96.
The instrumental track was recorded in Mumbai, India.

My 1976 BOSTON LP RECORD with a a pic Disc. Yes the picture is on both sides. SPECIAL LIMITED PICTURE EDITION. I love Boston back then ( my driving music ) and I still like to listen to it every now and then ( when I am house cleaning...LOL ).

Gets the (_/_), (_\_), (_/_) -----> Shakin'

You do not see the Pic on the Disc too often, and A bit more Rare. Yes, and it is Playable as I played my record just fine back in the day.

Found this in a buddy's record library that they no longer wanted, tucked behind another record. Not too sure if this is an actual test press vinyl LP, but I know that the group Turn Me On Dead Man released their first album in 2006. The back is unmarked and blank having no microgrooves printed onto it. Wondering if anyone has any idea as to the validity of this item, thanks!

My prized record collection from a misspent youth.... but oh so fun. These records are what I ate, lived and breathed in the early 90's. Pioneering in the electronic music age on the west coast of Canada, I cannot find it in myself to let go of them. Many, many hours hunting the handful of specialty music shops in Vancouver. So instead I showcase them with a few interesting items from my past, incase I get the urge to brush the dust off the pair of technics 1200 turntables I still keep in my office, lol. The mask ontop of the display shelf unit is what I wore to a massive Halloween music event which I djed at. II purchased it from a high end costume shop in Toronto. The mask is made in Paris and was a monster hit when I wore it while djing. Now it is just beautiful display piece which I fealt was appropriate sitting on top of this collection... Hope you enjoy the pics

In the 1970's, 80's early 90's I use to DJ, I no longer do it but I still collect vinyl LP's, 45's. The photos don't show all there is (3 times more. It's eclectic with many styles of music like: 1968-74 funk, jazz 1930's, 40's, 50's 60's, 70's, 80's, classic rock 60's-70's, blues, Latin jazz, R&B, soul, vintage Christmas, comedy, Documentary, Du wop, 1950's rock-roll, out of print, one of a kinds, classical, rare, 400 still factory sealed and more. one of my last big find was a house that contained about 50,000 records, I made a deal with the owner and I got first pick. It took 3-4 hrs a day for 5 months to go through them all, I came out with about 5000 best of the best 98% scratch free, I still play them. I'll get the photos from that up soon.

This is a 45rpm in its original sleeve released in 1973 by Capitol Records of Grand Funk (Railroad) / (1973) - Capitol Records, Inc. #3660 (yellow)
- Side A - "We're An American Band" / Side B - "Creepin' "
*** Grand Funk Railroad (also known as Grand Funk) is an American blues rock band that was highly popular during the 1970's. Grand Funk Railroad toured to packed arenas worldwide. Their two No. 1 hit singles were "We're an American Band" and "The Loco-Motion". The band's name is a play on words of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad, a railroad line that ran through the band's home town of Flint, Mich.. Grand Funk Railroad continues to tour 40 shows a year and kicked off their "45 YEARS OF GRAND FUNK" tour January 25, 2014.

This is a 45rpm in its original sleeve released in 1972 by Warner Brothers and BMI of Alice Cooper / (1972) - Warner Bros. Records #WB-7596
- Side A - "Schools Out" / Side B - "Gutter Cat"
*** Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier) is an American rock singer, songwriter, and musician whose career spans five decades. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, boa constrictors, baby dolls, crutch and dueling sword, considered by fans and peers alike to be "The Godfather of Shock Rock"; Cooper has drawn equally from horror movies, vaudeville, and garage rock to pioneer a grandly theatrical and macabre brand of rock designed to shock. The original Alice Cooper band broke into the international music mainstream with the 1971 hit "I'm Eighteen" from the album Love It to Death, which was followed by the even bigger single "School's Out" in 1972. The band reached their peak with the 1973 album Billion Dollar Babies. Cooper is currently a film actor, a golfing celebrity, a restaurateur and, since 2004, a popular radio DJ with his classic rock show Nights with Alice Cooper.
In 2011, the original Alice Cooper band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Some old Children colored Records with Sleeves. They are 45 rpm ones. All Christmas ones. Peter Pan Records. I think these might be from around the 1960's era ( +/- ) for date. Does the fact that they are RED rather than Black vinyl make any difference to collectors? Or Price?

Info here, says they were started in 1948:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Pan_Records

and here:
http://www.peterpanmusic.net/

Found something similar on Youtube for your listening enjoyment of these PETER PAN RECORDS:

Here's a project which may have some rewards! It's a cabinet gramophone all in pieces that needs to be cleaned and reassembled. I bought it for $50 - who can resist the challenge?!

The previous owner (now a retired senior) had acquired it when he was about 19 from his Grandfather. He decided he would take it apart and turn it into a cabinet to hold his LP records; but he was concerned about what his Grandfather would think of that and so he did it carefully and saved all the parts.

Before he had a chance to get much further on the project a job prospect lured him to the other side of the country and the cabinet and all the gramophone bits went into storage. Then life happened and he got married and had children and the gramophone cabinet conversion never happened, and it all just got moved around and put in storage through the years.

Then they retired and later they wanted to downsize to a smaller place to live and some things had to go. The old gramophone was one of them.

It's caked with old grease and needs a good cleaning, and I've been assured that all the parts are there, so there it sits waiting for me to begin the journey of making it play once again. I've been collecting old gramophone 78rpm records as I find them, to be prepared for the big day, and have sourced a place to buy the needles, but I haven't tackled the job yet.

I've read that the mainspring will be the biggest issue and if it's still working then everything else should be good to go. I'll put up another posting when it's all finished, but that won't be anytime soon!

Meanwhile if anyone who has experience with these things has some helpful tips and words of caution and encouragement I'm all ears! I'd also sure like to date it since that's eluded me even though I have a few Amphion product-line advertisements I found online which don't show pictures of what I have.

This is a 45rpm "oldies" in its original sleeve released in 1965 by Epic Records of "The Yardbirds". / (1965) - Epic Records #5-9823
- Side A - "Steeled Blues" / - Side B - "Heart Full of Soul"
*** The Yardbirds are an English rock band that had a string of hits in the mid-1960's, including "For Your Love", "Over Under Sideways Down" and "Heart Full of Soul". The group is notable for having started the careers of three of rock's most famous guitarists: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, all of whom are in the top five of Rolling Stone's 100 Top Guitarists list (Clapton at No. 2, Page at No. 3 and Beck at No. 5). After the Yardbirds broke up in 1968, their lead guitarist Jimmy Page founded what became Led Zeppelin. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.

This is a 45rpm "oldies" in its original sleeve released in 1966 by MGM Records of "The Animals". / (1966) - MGM Records #K-13514
- Side A - "Don't Bring Me Down" / - Side B - "Cheating"
*** The Animals were an English band of the 1960's, known for their gritty, bluesy sound and deep-voiced frontman Eric Burdon. - Hit songs included "The House of the Rising Sun", "We Gotta Get out of This Place", "It's My Life", "I'm Crying", "When I Was Young", "Sky Pilot", & "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood".
- The Animals were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.

Shown is a Christopher Hamill (aka Limahl) autograph. Hamill was the lead singer of the 80s pop group Kajagoogoo, of which their best known songs are Too Shy, Hang on Now, and Ooh to be Ah. After Limahl's departure from the group, he enjoyed a long and versatile solo career that continues to this day.

The autograph, which reads "To John, Great meeting ya. Cheers... Limahl," is located on the cover of Limahl's Don't Suppose album.

1975 Apple Records issue. After Beatles John wanted to make a record of music of his youth.
Record has very poor sound quality because Phil Spector was drunk in recording sessions. Some of these songs has later re-recorded by John Lennon but there is still some weird noises in background.
I read background of this record and producer Phil Spector........it was very scary stuff.

In 2010 aprox I started RADIO SUTCH on the Internet in memory of
my boyhood friend ( DAVID SCREAMING LORD SUTCH ) I kept it going for a couple of years, with records from mostly the 50s and 60s and news and comments from listeners etc.
While I was running the station I received lots of records from the public,
this is just one of those sent to me. ( I like the idea of it being in pink ) ...
I worked on the original station RADIO SUTCH in 1964 with David Sutch - Reg Calvert - Brian Paull - and Geoff Mew.
We where based on the Gun-Towers in the Thames Estuary, England.
This record was sent to me by John Burton in Essex.
Regards, COLIN DALE www.colindaleradiosutch.com

RADIO SUTCH 1964 (Colin Dale )
This demo disc was sent to me in 1964 by a group called the Others.
It's a Private Recording by Tony Pike Music Ltd and the Studio was at 31, Dryburgh Road Putney, Telephone Putney 4928.
Side one is Smokestack Lightning-OTHERS- .
Side 2 is Crazy House -OTHERS-.
I played this Demo many times on Radio Sutch 1964 - I wander wot happened to these guys ???
Regards, Colin Dale - www.colindaleradiosutch.com

This is my first console and I'm. Attempting to restore it has come along way in less than a week. I know it is a admiral and the turntable model number is rc7f2n-49na, but the sheet has been removed from back.

It started with a mixture of a moldy paint substance all over it
I would really appreciate any input with the restore ans of anyonecould help with. Figure out a model and year I would be very appreciated

Tharless24@gmail.com not looking for appraisal or to sell this is MT personal beginning if a collection thanks

This is a 45rpm in its original sleeve released in 1973 by MCA Records of Elton John / (1973) - MCA Records #MCA-40105 - Recorded in France
- Side A - "Saturday Nights All Right For Fighting"
- Side B - "Jack Rabbit" & "Whenever You're Ready"
*** Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight 1947) is an English singer-songwriter, composer, pianist, record producer, and occasional actor. In his five-decade career John has sold more than 300 million records, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. He has more than fifty Top 40 hits and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.

While many of you don't even use a record player anymore unless your a DJ, the market for records is still out there in Europe in some way, but anyway.

This is from the Music On Vinyl which is an vinyl only record label company that releases high quality 180g LP and 7" also that the vinyl pressings of titles licensed from a wide range of record companies and artists.

The soundtrack was done by Alexandre Desplat who has worked on many famous films with music.
This is the red version of vinyl and only 1500 of them were made making them rare and each one has a number you see in the back with a gold plated like substance that go from 1 to 1500. This one you see in the photo is number 62 which is very early.

Here's a YouTube link of the vinyl pressing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYx7uFkTaU4

Best CL curb alert find yet. Has a 4 tube amp,a 15in. and 2 5in. powered speakers. 29in. wide, 29in. tall 17in. deep. The best part is it was only two miles away and it works. Has that rich penetrating sound that that only a tube amp can produce.

This is a 45rpm "oldies" in its original sleeve released in 1966 by Laurie Records, Inc., NY of "The Royal Guardsmen". / (1966) - #LR-3366
- Side A - "Snoopy vs. The Red Baron" / - Side B - "I Needed You"
** The Royal Guardsmen are an American rock band, best known for their 1966 hit single "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" and the Christmas follow up "Snoopy's Christmas". They made a comeback in December 2006, when they released a new Snoopy song, "Snoopy vs. Osama", which became a hit on The Dr. Demento Show. - Originally known as the Posmen, the Ocala, Florida-based sextet adopted their anglophile moniker during the British Invasion, led by The Beatles and other British artists. The Guardsmen's first single, "Baby Let's Wait", failed to make the charts, but their second offering, "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron", reached #2 in the Billboard Hot 100, remained in the bestsellers for 12 weeks, and was certified gold by the R.I.A.A. in February 1967. - www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Hh1TE3uRk

I have several Beatles Records but I believe this is my Favorite. I was lucky enough to find it at an estate sale mixed in with about 200 other albums. I have inspected it with a bright light and I believe it has never been on a turntable. I hope you like it !!

I was Proud to share the stage with Jeannie Seely this past Sat. night. She did a great show !! A crowd favorite everywhere she performs, she is also a Warm and friendly person. She was Gracious enough to sign Autographs after the show, one being this early album for me backstage. I really enjoyed Playing Bass with this Classy Lady !!

These are some of my Blondie records,
I have picked up over the years.
I love this band.
They are in good playable condition just some shabby covers.
Albums -
Plastic Letters 1977
Blondie 1977
Parallell Lines 1978
Sunday Girl 12 inch 1978
Eat To The Beat 1979
Autoamerican 1980.
Also selection of 7 inch singles . Iv also got Heart of Glass and others not in covers :)

Don't know if any one has ever come across one of these before, couldn’t find any others or any info about this anomaly after web searching for quite awhile. Its the original 45 with the correct songs “Are You Lonesome Tonight” and “I Gotta Know” , but it has the wrong label on the A side. Matrix number side A: L2 WW 0106-3S A4 side B: L2 WW 0104-1S A2. Would this have any special value over the standard correctly labeled issue to an Elvis record collector ? Probably not a lot of them were issued this way.

3 Dynamic Long Playing Stereo Records. A product of Premier Albums. Songs include Cabaret,Sunrise Sunset,I'm Lost,Big Spender,The Impossible Dream,Kiss Me Again,Toyland,Yankee Doodle Dandy,The Bowery,Give My Regards,To Broadway,On A Clear Day You Can See Forever,I'll Never Be Lonely Again,Long Ago,Do I Hear A Waltz,If I Ruled The World,Habanera,Anvil Chorus,Hymn To The Sun,Swing Easy,Fibbish,Hello Dolly,Ribbons Down My Back,It Only Takes A Moment,Dancing,Just Before The Parade Goes By,Tomorrow Is Forever,The Lusty Hills,Never Say Goodbye,Thrill of A Lifetime and A Night Of Love.

Original Broadway Cast. Richard Rodgers presents Danny Kaye in Two By Two. With Harry Goz,Madeline Kahn,Michael Karm,Walter Willison,Tricia O'Neil,Marilyn Cooper and Joan Copeland. Production conceived and directed by Joe Layton. Album produced by Thomas Z. Shepard.

Herman Levin presents Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews in My Fair Lady. Original Cast. With Stanley Holloway,Robert C00te,Leonard Weir and Bob Chisholm. Produced for records by Goddard Lieberson. Recorded in London February 1,1959. Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. Music by Frederick Loewe. Production staged by Moss Hart.

Julie Andrews/Henry Mancini perform music from the film score. Starring Julie Andrews Rock Hudson in Darling Lili. New songs by Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini. A Blake Edwards Production. Produced by Joe Reisman. Copyright 1969 by Paramount Pictures Corporation and Geoffrey Productions,Inc. Co-starring Jeremy Kemp with Lance Percival,Michael Witney,Jacques Marin,Andre Maranne and Gloria Paul. Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini have written their first song together. The multiple Oscar-winning team capture perfectly the fun and sentiment of the period. The film and this album represent an important first -Julie Andrews singing the songs of Mercer and Mancini.

Original Broadway Cast. Starring Richard Burton and Julie Andrews. Music by Frederick Loewe. Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. Production staged by Moss Hart. Co-Starring RODDY MCDOWALL,ROBERT COOTE and ROBERT GOULET with M'EL DOWD. Richard Burton as King Arthur. Julie Andrews as Queen Guenevere. Camelot opened at the Majestic Theatre in New York City on December 3,1960,after engagements in Toronto, Canada and Boston.

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Featuring the music of Scott Joplin. Signed and Directed by George Roy Hill. Starring Paul Newman,Robert Redford and Robert Shaw. Copyright 1973 by Universal Pictures 1974 by MCA Records,Inc. written by David S. Ward. Produced by Tony Bill,Michael and Julia Phillips.

Starring Doris Day and Robert Goulet. Lyrics and music by Irving Berlin. Also with Renee Winters and Kelly Brown. Orchestra and chorus under the direction of Franz Allers. Produced by Jim Foglesong and Irving Townsend. Copyright 1963 Columbia Records.

Original Broadway Cast. Fred Hebert-David Kapp present "DONNYBROOK!" . Musical Comedy. Starring Eddie Foy and Art Lund. With Joan Fagan,Susan Johnson and Philip Bosco. Music and Lyrics by Johnny Burke. Entire Production directed and choreographed by Jack Cole. Kapp Records. "DONNYBROOK!" Opened at the 46th Street Theatre in New York City on May 18,1961.

Columbia Pictures Presents The Romulus Production of Lionel Bart's "Oliver!" An original soundtrack recording. Best Picture of the Year! Best Musical Score (adaptation) . Winner of 6 Academy Awards. Produced by John Woolf. Directed by Carol Reed. Copyright 1968 Colgems Records,Inc.

The original Broadway Cast Recording. David Merrick presents Carol Channing in The Musical Comedy "Hello,Dolly!". Also starring David Burns with Eileen Brennan,Sondra Lee,Jerry Dodge,Gordon Connell and Charles Nelson Reilly. A David Merrick & Champion Five Inc. Production. Copyright 1964, Radio Corporation of America.

from 1944 ? Frank Sinatra, on this label, sings on side 1 As Long As there's Music-- Come Out Wherever you are plus orchestra of Some Other Time. Side 2 is Some Other Time, Come Out Wherever You Are and Orchestra of As Long as There's Music. This is from the Movie "Step Lively" The Lab el is a pale cream color or faded white with type written words "Step Lively" Sung by Frank Sinatra. This is a 12" 78 record.
Across the middle of the record is printed Carnegie Hall Record Co. Carnegie Hall New York 19 NY.
I am looking for information of other existing records with this company and information about the company othet than Carnegie Hall is still in business.

All belonged to my father (deceased).
Found these in one of his suitcases.
I will list a few;
Pink Floyd - Free Four/Stay
Sam Neely -Loving You Just Crossed My Mind
Persians- I Won't Cry For You Anymore
Alex Richman-Maybe Some Other Day/Another Bad Dream
Pepper Tree-Love Is A Railroad/Workin
Madrigal-Time of The Season/Tapestry
Horizon-She's a Rainbow/Tell Me My Lady

This is a 45rpm "oldies" in its original sleeve released in 1968 by Apple Records of "Mary Hopkin". / (1968) - Apple Records #1801 (Apple 2 in UK)
- Side A - "Those Were the Days" / - Side B - "Turn, Turn, Turn"
Apple Records was a record label formed by The Beatles in 1968 - this is the second record release on the Apple label - produced by Paul McCartney
*** Mary Hopkin (born 1950), credited on some recordings as Mary Visconti, is a Welsh folk singer best known for her 1968 UK number one single "Those Were The Days" which also reached number two in the US Billboard Hot 100 selling over a million and a half copies in the U.S. alone. She was one of the first musicians to sign to The Beatles' Apple label. (The first was Frank Sinatra, other notables in the first year were Billy Preston, James Taylor, the Modern Jazz Quartet, and the Iveys, later known as Badfinger)

This 45rpm record is an early, as in High School, recording of "Kenneth" Rogers. The Band name was The Scholars and the Label is Cue Records Looks like the future superstar helped write "What did I do Wrong".

This is a 45rpm released in 1965 by Columbia Records of "The Byrds"
(1965) - Columbia Records #4-43424 - (no sleeve)
- Side A - "Turn, Turn, Turn"
- Side B - "She Don't Care About Time"
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*** The Byrds were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964. - The band underwent multiple line-up changes throughout its existence until the group disbanded in 1973. Although they only managed to attain commercial success for a short period (1965–66), The Byrds are considered by critics to be one of the most influential bands of the 1960's. The Byrds were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.

For all you Mickey Mouse Fans out there. This is a Walt Disney Production made while the Mickey Mouse show was on Television. The songs are: The Leprechaun with the Flute, Bon Jour Paree, All Alone at Coney Island and When I grow up.

Madonna 12” records. I began collecting them because as a DJ from the early 80’s she was my reigning dance-floor Queen! That is to say, if your dancefloor was not rockin', it was time to get out a Madonna record and lo and behold: the dancefloor would be packed!
Sad to say, when the compact disc took over the market from vinyl records in the early 90's, I succumbed to it just like the thousands of losers out there who fell for the record company trap and began to buy CDs in lieu of records. Which until today I seriously regret! Many of Madonna's releases on CD-singles were still being issued on vinyl 12" but only as Limited editions/quantity and today they are worth quite a pretty penny (ahem, Dollar).
Regardless, on a cheerful note I recently sold my collection of 65 Madonna CD-singles on-line for $650USD. One of the CD-singles contained 3 limited postcards while another contained a mini-calendar!
In my humble opinion Madonna is no Aretha Franklin but she certainly is an extremely smart business lady.

This is a 45rpm "oldies" in its original sleeve released in 1965 by MGM Records of "The Animals". / (1965) - MGM Records #K-13414
- Side A - "It's My Life" / - Side B - "I'm Going to Change the World"
*** The Animals were an English band of the 1960's, known for their gritty, bluesy sound and deep-voiced frontman Eric Burdon. - Hit songs included "The House of the Rising Sun", "We Gotta Get out of This Place", "It's My Life", "I'm Crying", "When I Was Young", "Sky Pilot", and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood".
- The Animals were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.

- 45 rpm in its original color picture sleeve released in 1966
- RCA Records of "The Monkees" / Colgems #66-1002 (1966)
- Side A - "I'm A Believer" / - Side B - ""Steppin' Stone"
*** The Monkees are an American pop/rock band that released music in their original incarnation between 1966 and 1970, with subsequent reunion albums and tours in the decades that followed. Formed in Los Angeles in 1965 for the American television series The Monkees, which aired from 1966–1968, the musical acting quartet was composed of Americans Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork, and Englishman Davy Jones. The band's music was initially supervised by producer Don Kirshner. The Monkees had international hits, including "Last Train to Clarksville", "Pleasant Valley Sunday", and "Daydream Believer". At their peak in 1967, the band outsold both the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. As of 2012, their albums and singles have sold over 65 million copies worldwide.

- 45 rpm in its original color picture sleeve released in 1966
- RCA Records of "The Monkees" / Colgems #66-1001 (1966)
- Side A - "Last Train To Clarksville" / - Side B - ""Take A Giant Step"
*** The Monkees are an American pop/rock band that released music in their original incarnation between 1966 and 1970, with subsequent reunion albums and tours in the decades that followed. Formed in Los Angeles in 1965 for the American television series The Monkees, which aired from 1966–1968, the musical acting quartet was composed of Americans Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork, and Englishman Davy Jones. The band's music was initially supervised by producer Don Kirshner. The Monkees had international hits, including "Last Train to Clarksville", "Pleasant Valley Sunday", and "Daydream Believer". At their peak in 1967, the band outsold both the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. As of 2012, their albums and singles have sold over 65 million copies worldwide.

Thanks to Manikin who posted one of these a while back, I saw hers and had to get one of my own. I just love this cartoon and the gas station and 58 chevy, you see, my name is Ed and my wife is Peggy so I just had to have this album. I have to find a turntable now so I can play it, love these old songs. I go to cruise night car shows and there often playing old songs like these. Increase Records has a series of these 1955- 1963.

This is a 45rpm "oldies" in its original sleeve released in 1973 by Columbia Records of the band "Chicago".
(1973) - Columbia Records #4-45880
- Side A - "Jenny"
- Side B - "Feelin' Stronger Every Day"
*** Chicago is an American rock band formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois.
The group had a steady stream of hits throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Chicago is one of the longest-running and most successful rock groups, and one of the world's best-selling groups of all time, having sold more than 100 million records.
A new album, titled "Chicago XXXVI: Now", is scheduled for release on July 4, 2014.

Purchased this large Led Zeppelin "back patch" from a man whose brother had it in storage for years. Since 70s? Was never sewn on anything. I am a huge fan of Led Zeppelin and have sewn the patch on a great, fitted jean vest.
Art on patch looks like it was painted on.

I've had it forever but classics like Beauty and the Beast came from this song by Ireene Wicker
Same as Jack and the Beanstalk, etc. These were the start.. So beauty and the beat did not cone out until 45 years after Ireene wrote these songs. Which just makes them so hard to find..

Cinderella is famous yes but white away the songs were made for the movie so everyone kept it... The story here, is that she wrote this is a song 45 that 45 years later inspired ' one OC the greatest animated movies ever... So not many were kept and if you don't believe me try and find one.

Found this today at an area thrift store for 99 cents (the album contains 16 records). Not my usual thing to buy but the price was right. Inside I find a 19198-A victor that appears to be signed by the composer "Edwin Tillman". I'm no expert but looking under a 15x loupe, it looks legit. Appreciate any and all thoughts on this, would also appreciate any direction on who may be able to help, thanks.

The White Album by The Beatles, First Pressing 0016802 with all inserts and all of the six misspelled song titles on the label. This is the first collectible record that i've bought and just received today. I'm excited because it's my first collectible acquired, but i'm not quite sure how i did; i've read so many different reviews online and i'm pretty sure some as*hole will try to rip me off when i try to get a true value on it. But all in all, i'm pretty stoked about finding and expanding my collection.

THIS IS SOMETHING I PUT ON THE WALL TO REMEMBER THE PAST AND TO REMEMBER THERE IS BEAUTY IN SONG
I OPENED THE DOOR TO MY YARD THIS MORNING ABOUT 5AM AND THE MORNING WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL , BRIGHT AND SILENT EXCEPT FOR THE GENTLE SONG OF SOME BIRDS AND FOR SOME REASON ELVIS CAME TO MY MIND. I GUESS BECAUSE I ENJOYED HIS MUSIC IN THE PAST AND I ASSOCIATED IT WITH THIS MOMENT OF ENJOYING THE JOY OF GOD'S NATURAL BEAUTY.

I found this record and a number of others like it when I got home after buying a large record collection I picked up at a Goodwill. I looked for the label all over the internet and couldn't find any records for sale like them. I then discovered they are actually from NARA. I contacted the Office of Inspector General and reported that I might have found some lost or stolen records. I was put in touch with a nice man from NARA who researched the records for a couple of months and confirmed that they did indeed come from the National Archives. The why and when they were made they are still looking into. They thanked me for reporting them and the best part is they have said they will not seek recovery of the items so I get to keep them. They look great in my collection and I can't wait to hear the different versions I have. Sadly I have to wait until I can get another record player as mine broke last year.

FOUND THIS ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO VERY UNIQUE .VINYL RECORD SET 33RPM. GENREAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR KEY NOTE SPEECH & RETURN FROM SAN FRANCICO FROM KOREA SPEECH.. SENT BY THE FEDERAL CIVIL DEFENCE ADMINISTARTION TO THE RADIO STATION KGY IN OLYMPIA WA. IN 1952 ALL THE RECORDS ARE IN GREAT SHAPE SOME PLAY BACKWORDS .. LOOKING FOR ANYBODYS THOUGHTS ON THIS ?.. ANYONE HAVE SIMULAR ITEM? ANY INFO WOULD BE APPRECIATED..

This is a 45rpm in its original sleeve released in 1972 by MCA Records of Elton John / (1972) - MCA Records #MCA-40000 Stereo
- Side A - "Crocodile Rock" / #MC-1024
- Side B - "Elderberry Wine" / #MC-1025
*** Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight 1947) is an English singer-songwriter, composer, pianist, record producer, and occasional actor. In his five-decade career John has sold more than 300 million records, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. He has more than fifty Top 40 hits and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.

- 45rpm released in 1965 by Motown Records of "The Supremes"(1965)
- Motown Records #M-1083 - (no sleeve)
- Side A - "Who Could Ever Doubt My Love"
- Side B - "I Hear A Symphony"
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*** The Supremes were an American female singing group and the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s. They were the most successful of Motown's acts and still are America's most successful vocal group with 12 number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100. - In 1967, the group was renamed Diana Ross & the Supremes.

Gramophone needle pyramid tin picked from another estate sale today.
It feels fairly full and needles come out one at a time.
On the way home we saw a big cardboard sign, 'ESTATE SALE'. Always a good diversion, just wished I'd seen it earlier.

This is a 45rpm "oldies" in its original sleeve released in 1974 by MGM Records of Jim Stafford. / (1974) - MGM Records #M-14737
- Side A - "The Last Chant" / - Side B - "Wildwood Weed"
*** James Wayne "Jim" Stafford (born 1944) is an American comedian, musician, and singer-songwriter. While prominent in the 1970's for his records "Swamp Witch", "Under The Scotsman's Kilt", "Spiders & Snakes", "My Girl Bill", and "Wildwood Weed", Stafford has headlined at his own theater in Branson, Missouri since 1990. Stafford is self-taught on guitar, fiddle, piano, banjo, organ and harmonica.

Hello! This is a warning to Aliens! In case they want to come visit!!! It says "WE CAME IN PEACE FOR ALL MANKIND" !! Do not believe this, Since beginning of Mankind, we have murdered, raped, 100's of Wars, Man will kill and steal from his own family! BUT! I am available for Alien cross-breeding! Please send me photos of possible ladies! Waiting! Don the toracat

This is a 45rpm "oldies" in its original sleeve released in 1969 by Roulette Records of Tommy James & The Shondells
(1969) - Roulette Records #R-7028
- Side A - "Crimson and Clover" / - Side B - "Some Kind of Love"
*** Tommy James and the Shondells are an American rock and roll group whose period of greatest success came in the late 1960's. - They had two No. 1 singles in the U.S. - "Hanky Panky" (1966) and "Crimson and Clover" (1969) and also charted twelve other Top 40 hits, including five in the top ten: "I Think We're Alone Now", "Mirage", "Mony Mony", "Sweet Cherry Wine", and "Crystal Blue Persuasion". -- ("Crimson and Clover" went to No. 1 the very next day after they appeared on the "Ed Sullivan Show")

These are two 45rpm "oldies" by the Scottish singer Donovan (1969-1970)
(1969) - Epic Records #5-10434
- Side A - "Atlantis" - Side B - "To Susan on the West Coast Waiting"
(1970) - Epic Records #5-10649
- Side A - "Riki Tiki Tavi" - Side B - "Roots of Oak"
*** Donovan (born Donovan Philips Leitch, 1946) is a Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist. Initially labelled an imitator of Bob Dylan, he developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelia, and world music (notably calypso). His most successful singles in the 1960's included the early UK hits "Catch the Wind", "Colours" and "The Universal Soldier" in 1965, while "Sunshine Superman" and "Mellow Yellow" hit the U.S. charts along with "Hurdy Gurdy Man". He became a friend of leading pop musicians including Joan Baez, Brian Jones, and The Beatles. - He continued to perform and record sporadically in the 1970's and 1980's.
Donovan was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.

Been in search for one of these for a long time only to find one cheap and in great shape at a Antique Store, I added the frame to hang in my office, have no plans to remove the cover over lay, as I know so many have been removed to reveal the Butcher Cover.

First heard this on the radio in 1966-radio Luxembourg on 208 metres on medium wave band.
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Purchased in 1982 from the hmv store in Birmingham City centre.
This year celebrates the 40 the anniversary when abba won the Eurovision song contest in 1974 and abba programmes shown over the weekend on bbc 4.

This is a tool to sharpen bamboo phonograph needles. Thats right, they used bamboo and fiber needles to play cylinder records as well as saphire, diamond , and steel needles. You would place the dull bamboo deedle into the hand held tool and with a squeezing of the grip, theworn bamboo needle would have a sliver shaved off, leaving a sharp, clean point to play another song. These needles usually only lasted for one or two cylinder record plays, then they would have to be resharpened. These needles are still available today, available through antique record player dealers.............. hotairfan

Sorting out albums that I bought at an auction, lot of old jazz and blues. Who ever had them had really good tast in music and really took care of them. Anyway going through them to check out their condition and found this autographed album signed by Frankie Laine. Checked online to compare with other signed items by him and it seemed very genuied. By the way I payed $2 for about 80 of them...cool

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are the sigs authentic i was told by 2 people is wasn't real ...1 said probably and employee of the cast signed all of them ....i don't see how

We just bought this piece today. Been looking for one for many years, looking for the right one to come along. A friend of ours is a collector of these and he said that this is a very nice example. The wood horn in not old but is of high quality and worth money. He actually knows the guy who does these horns.
These types of players are my favorite with the "?" horns.
It came with about 25-30 cylinders too!

I found this album when I was going through some old boxes at my parents home. I grew up loving Elvis Presley.

The rare thing about this album is that on one side, is "Elvis. Moody Blue" and the other side was mislabeled, and labeled as "The Best of Dolly Parton". Mind you, it still has the Elvis songs on the mislabeled side.

I found out that that very few of these albums were shipped out before the mistake in labeling was even noticed.

I was hoping a collector may know about this..I am not a collector, so I am asking for any input on if anyone lese has seen this album.

This one I found at a thrift shop where they only take donation for items that you want. I took a lot (big lot) of LP's and 45's and they praised me for taking them off of their hands. In fact they said that they had many more but had no room to put them because these were taking up all the space so I took all that I could take and more. I only recently got so very involved in collecting records and have found it so very fascinating. So now I am completely over whelmed with the thrill of it all. I have to admit though that I did find other recordings, both LP's and 45's and praising each of them. However, my first find is my prize and I just love it. Actually I absolutely love Deneice Williams to death She has such a uniquely beautiful voice and sings lots, and lots, of my favorite song, gospel as well. The album is black with a script in one corner printed in gold, FOR PROMOTION ONLY, Ownership reserved by CBS, Sale is unlawful. This is my first find and will hold it as a the beginning of my newest hobby of collecting and I do have many.

valentino97 placed a Barnabus Collins game card, and it reminded me of my Dark Shadows album and poster from the original show.

I must have been about ............ a toddler back then, yeah, I was a toddler, but my older sister was a young teen...who was "taken" by Quentin...posters, any magazine with his name or face (especially with his face), stickers...etc

We seldom watched TV, being a kid in the country with barns, ponds, land, old dumps and old houses to explore.....ok, so maybe I was a tiny older than toddler age, but Cheryl is still older than me...but when DARK SHADOWS came on...POOF - there we were

I still listen to this record on occasion

T'was an amazing time to be a kid

Thanks for stirring old memories, valentino97

(I think I'll place the main cat as Psych Records...can you imagine ;-)

These are both 45 RPM records featuring more than one song on a side. Interesting, as they must have preceded 33 1/3 RPM extended play record albums. Unfortunately, I could not find a production date on either item.

Aside from that, the covers and text are "works of art" in themselves.

I've added this Marvin Gaye album to my collection but I can't find anything anywhere on the internet about it. Can anyone assist with information as to publication date, first pressing, and value. Thanks.

A beautifully engraved Chicago record album that have two wonderful engravings on the inside sleeve and the record is in great condition. The cover was engraved by one of the engravers at the U. S. Mint.

This is the LP, "Billie Holiday: The Original Recordings," released in 1973 by Columbia Records Mono. Side one includes, "God Bless the Child," "All of Me," "You've Changed," "What a Little Moonlight Can Do," "Mean to Me," and "Them There Eyes." Side two contains, "Miss Brown to You," "My Man," "Gloomy Sunday," "I Cried For You," and "The Man I Love."

This is a lot of 8 Beatles and 2 John Lennon LPs. All are first issues/original releases from the 1960s. Some are in Mono and others are in Stereo. The lot includes:

-Meet The Beatles! released by Capitol Records
-Magical Mystery Tour released by Capitol Records
-Beatles '65 released by Capitol Records
-The Early Beatles released by Capitol Records
-A Hard Day's Night released by United Artists Records
-The Beatles' Second Album released by Capitol Records
-Something New released by Capitol Records
-Help! released by Capitol Records
-Double Fantasy released by Geffen Records
-Walls and Bridges released by Apple Records

This is a lot of 11 Sammy Davis, Jr. LPs. All date to the late 60s and 70s. The lot includes:

-Hey There! It's Sammy Davis Jr. At His Dynamite Greatest released by MCA Records
-Something For Everyone released by Motown
-Sammy Davis Jr. at the Cocoanut Grove released by Reprise Records
-That's All! released by Reprise Records
-As Long As She Needs Me released by Reprise Records
-Here's Lookin' At You released by Decca Records
-I've Gotta Be Me released by Reprise Records
-Sammy Davis Jr.: A Live Performance of His Greatest Hits released by Warner Bros. Records, Inc.
-Sammy Davis Jr.'s Greatest Hits released by Reprise Records
-Now released by MGM Records Corp.
-Sammy Steps Out released by Reprise Records

This is a lot of 31 Frank Sinatra LPs. All are from the late 60s, 70s, and 80s. The lot includes:

-Songs for Young Lovers released by Capitol Records
-Dedicated to You released by Columbia
-Sinatra & Company released by Reprise Records
-Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 released by Reprise Records
-Some Nice Things I've Missed released by Reprise Records
-Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim released by Reprise Records
-Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits! released by Reprise Records
-Sinatra Trilogy: Past, Present, Future released by Reprise Records
-Cycles released by Reprise Records
-Frank Sinatra: The Voice: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 released by Columbia
-It Might As Well Be Swing released by Reprise Records
-Moonlight Sinatra released by Reprise Records
-Sinatra Swings released by Reprise Records
-Come Fly with Me released by Capitol Records
-The Rare Sinatra released by Capitol Records
-Swing Easy released by Capitol Records
-Put Your Dreams Away released by Columbia
-Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely released by Capitol Records
-Sinatra at the Stands released by Reprise Records
-Sinatra: The Main Event: Live released by Repeise Records
-Try a Little Tenderness released by Capitol Records
-Love is a Kick released by Columbia
-Close to You released by Capitol Records
-She Shot Me Down released by Reprise Records
-L.A. is My Lady released by Qwest Records
-The Voice released by Columbia
-a Swingin' Affair! released by Capitol Records
-Ring-a-ding-ding! release by Reprise Records
-The Great Hits of Frank Sinatra released by Capitol Records
-Ol' Blue Eyes is Back released by Reprise Records
-Come Dance with Me! released by Capitol Records

This Album is Special in more ways than one. It has Jim Reeves Story, Narrated by Jim Reeves, on side #1, Third position. Also the Liner Notes were written by the Great Chet Atkins ! Also recorded on the R.C.A. Victor label, it was recorded in 1966.

Another Jim Reeves Album Recorded on the R.C.A. Victor label in 1966.. This song was written by Cindy Walker and was an instant hit when it was released It hit home in the Hearts of the Military Families. Unfortunately Jim left us before it was released.

This is my Bright Eyes Box Set that is out of print and very hard to find 1st press LBJ-53. It is five albums on 7 lp's and is the works of Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes, most recently his song "This is the First Day of my Life" is featured on the newest Zillow Real Estate Database commercial. Omaha, Nebraska native Oberst is an Indie rock singer songwriter who's Bright Eyes solo project was launched in 1995, and this collection in box set was released in January 1998. There are no boundaries on my music on vinyl collection, if a good artist or song I add it for my listening pleasure, being open to new music is being a true enthusiast.

This is the 1st Day - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwFS69nA-1w
Perfect Sonnet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXYM6-X8c3o

One of the rarest recordings and often considered the holy grail for Freddie Mercury and Queen collectors and I own two in my collection. This was a pseudo name used by Freddie to record this in 1973, as a pun on the glam rocker Gary Glitter and the metallic yarn Lurex.
"I Can Hear Music" is a remake of Phil Spectors hit previously recorded by The Ronettes and Beach Boys, and "Going Back" was written by Carole King and previously been a hit for Dusty Springfield and The Byrds.
This single pre-dated the release of the first Queen album and is recorded on the Anthem label catalog number AN-204 and also available in promo and remix versions, all are highly sought by collectors.
I own one in NM condition, and the other in VG+

I recorded it to youtube 2 years ago here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoS1mfilwm0

Something I picked up Years ago, this is a recorded on record letter back home to this soldiers Family. This is the only one I have seen through the Years, although there may be many more out there somewhere.

Another rare version of the Grateful Dead Anthem of the Sun album from my collection is this "White Label Promo". On the Warner Brothers-7 Arts label with the same catalog number WS-1749, the same as the white cover remix version I posted earlier. White label promo's were produced in lower numbers and intended for radio stations use only. Released on July 18th 1968 and is the first album to feature the bands second drummer, Mickey Hart who joined the band in 1967.

Listen to the entire album on Youtube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnNkKAKPHqY

From my extensive Grateful Dead collection I would like to share another rarity. This is the Anthem of the Sun remix lp (WS 1749) with the rare white cover as opposed to the common purple cover. This is a unique 3rd mix of Anthem was remixed in the summer of 1972 by Phil Lesh and it has an E chord at the end of side one rather than fading out with Weir repeating "by and by"
The original purple cover was released in 1968 and and ranks at number 287 on Rolling Stone magazines list of the 500 greatest albums ever released

Pictured is a Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons 45 that features "Who Loves You" and "December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)." The latter song is originally from the LP, "Who Loves You." This 45 was released in 1975 by Warner Bros. Records Inc.

Shown is a Deep Purple 45 that contains two edited versions of the song "Smoke on the Water." The 4 minute and 34 second version on the left is originally from the Warner Bros. album, "Made in Japan" and was released in 1973. The 3 minute and 48 second version on the right is originally from the Warner Bros. album, "Machine Head" and was released in 1972. This 45 was released by Warner Bros. Records Inc.

Pictured is a Bob Welch 45 containing the songs "Hot Love, Cold World" and "Sentimental Lady." Both songs are originally from the LP, "French Kiss." This 45 was released by Capitol Records, Inc. in 1977.

Shown is a Brenda Lee 45 with the songs "Sweet Nothin's" and "I Want to be Wanted." The former song was originally by Decca on September 28, 1959 while the latter song was originally released by Decca on September 19, 1960. This album was released by MCA Records, Inc. in 1973.

Shown is an Al Martino 45 featuring "To The Door of the Sun" on one side and "Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu) on the other. The former song was originally released in November of 1974 and the latter song was originally released in September of 1975. This 45 was released by Capitol Records, Inc. as part of their Starline: Super Oldies series.

Shown is a Waylon Jennings 45 featuring "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" on side A and "Belle of the Ball" on side B. The album was released in 1977 by RCA Records as part of their Gold Standard Series.

Shown is a 45 with The Beatles songs "Eleanor Rigby" and "Yellow Submarine." Both songs were produced by George Martin and written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. The album was released by Capitol Records, Inc.

Shown is a 45 featuring the Maynard Ferguson songs "Gonna Fly Now (Theme From 'Rocky')" and "The Fly." Both songs are originally from the Columbia LP, "Conquistador" and were released in 1977 by CBS Inc. This 45 was released by Columbia.

Shown is a 45 featuring "That's Amore" and "Memories Are Made of This" sung by Dean Martin. The former song was originally released in September of 1953 and the latter song was originally released in November of 1955. This 45 was released by Star Line of Capitol Records Inc. as part of their "Super Oldies: Biggest Hits by the Brightest Stars" series.

Queens Village, New York Doo-Wop band, The Rockin' Chairs "Rockin' Chair Boogie" backed with "A Kiss is a Kiss" on Recorte Records label #402. Only 200,000 copies were sold of this single and Billboard Magazine described "A Kiss is a Kiss" as a "Hot Record!"

This is the original version of Mr. Sandman by The Chordettes released in 1954 on Cadence label #1247, and backed with "I Don't Want to See You Crying". The single reached #1 on US Billboard Charts and #11 on the UK charts in 1954. The Four Aces version charted even higher to #9 on the UK charts. Numerous version were released by names such as The Supremes, Chet Atkins, Marvin Gaye and The Chipmunks as well as many others.
Notice the Cadence records founder gets credit on label "Knees played by Archie Bleyer"

The Platters "The Great Pretender" backed with "I'm just a dancing Partner" on 1955 Maroon Mercury label #70753X45. The Great Pretender reached #1 on both R&B and Pop charts for seven weeks in 1956, and ranks #360 on Rolling Stone Magazines Top 500 ever list.

Rare first pressing of The Dell Vikings featuring Krips Johnson "Whispering Bells" backed with Don't Be a Fool" on FEE BEE label #FB-214 from May of 1956. The Dell Vikings Doo-Wop group were members of the Air Force in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

1956 Bobby Dukoff on tenor sax with his orchestra with the Ray Charles Chorus play, "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" and "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" on RCA Victor white label promotional label. From the Bobby Dukoff album "Sax in Silk"

1959 DooWop Classic, The Flamingos "Goodnight Sweetheart" Extended Play 45rpm on the End Label #EP-205. "I Only Have Eyes for You" is a cover and The Flamingos version ranks #157 on Rolling Stones Magazines Top 500 ever and peaked at #11 on Billboards Hot 100 Charts.

Quick listen links:
I Only Have Eyes for You - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn8SFdyOA_M
Goodnight Sweeheart - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7DbUAAK0_E
Music Maestro Please - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx0OA-EN27E
I'm In the Mood for Love - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tqUDsxwaN0

1964 Ronettes "Walking in the Rain" single backed with "How Does it Feel" on Phil Spectors Philles Records #123 with rare and hard to find original picture sleeve. Walking in the Rain reached #23 on Billboard 100 in 1964 and #28 on R&B single charts in 1965.
both sides of P/S are shown above (identical)

quick listen links:
Walking in the Rain - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxgQH9g2okE
How Does it Feel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TemuLquhDp8

1956 Elvis Presley extended play 45rpm record #EPA-992. Extended play 45's differ from 45 singles by having 3 or more songs on one 7" disc. This EP contains Presley's Paralyzed, which reached #59 on Billboard Pop charts in 1956. Rip it Up is a cover of Bill Haley and the Comets and Little Richards #1 R&B charter. Love Me was another cover that was not realesed as a single to not confuse people with Love Me Tender, and climbed to #2 on Billboard 100, and peaked at #7 on R&B chart. When My Blue MoonTurns to Gold Again is a cover of a 1941 country song.

1958 Elvis Presley single, "Don't" and "I Beg of You" 45rpm with original picture sleeve. First pressing on RCA Victor #47-7150. Don't was Presley's 11th number one hit, and peaked at #4 on the R&B charts. I Beg of You peaked at #8 on the Billboard 100 charts and #4 on Billboard hot country singles chart.

1970 Elvis Presley "Kentucky Rain" backed with "My Little Friend" 45rpm with original picture sleeve on RCA Victor label #47-9791. Kentucky Rain reached #16 on Pop charts but never appeared on an Elvis LP until 2000 on the re-release of "From Elvis in Memphis"
Kentucky Rain was written by Eddie Rabbitt and features pianist Ronnie Milsap

1969 Elvis Presley "Rubberneckin" and "Don't Cry Daddy" 45rpm in original picture sleeve on RCA Victor label #47-9768. Used in the Universal Picture film "Change of Habit" and issued in conjunction with the movie premier. Rubberneckin' reached #6 on the Billboard Top 100 in 1969.

1959 Elvis Presley's, "I Need Your Love Tonight" and "A Fool Such As I" single with original picture sleeve on RCA Victor label #47-7506. I Need Your Love Tonight reached #4 on Billboard Pop singles chart in 1959. A Fool Such As I first reached #4 on country charts by Hank Snow in 1953, and Elvis' version reached #1 on UK charts, and #2 on US charts, and #16 on R&B charts in 1959.

I have doubles of Elvis Presley's 1956 hit single "Hound Dog" backed with "Don't Be Cruel" in the rare original picture sleeves. Hound Dog was originally designated as the B side in 1956 but both sides were big chart topping hits, so later 1960's reissues were designated as a double A sided singles. Don't be Cruel ranks #197 on Rolling Stone Magazines Top 500 ever, and inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002. Hound Dog simultaneously ranked #1 on Pop, R&B, and country charts for 11 weeks in 1956 and influenced Elvis's decision to get into Rock n' Roll music. Hound Dog ranks #19 on Rolling Stones Top 500 ever list.

Elvis Presley's original 1957 "Jailhouse Rock" backed with "Treat Me Nice" with original picture sleeve. RCA Victor 47-7035. This was first released on 45rpm on September, 24th 1957 for the release of motion picture "Jailhouse Rock" Jailhouse charted at #1 and Treat Me Nice charted at #18. Places #67 on Rolling Stone Mags Top 500 ever.

1961 The Shirelles "Mama Said" backed with "Blue Holiday" on Scepter label #1217. Mama Said reached #4 on The Billboard Hot 100, and #2 on the R&B chart. It has been covered a few times since The Shirelles original and was the inspiration for Van Morrisons "Days like This"

1956 Fats Domino hit cover of "Blueberry Hill" backed with "Honey Chile" on Imperial label 5047. First published in 1940, Blueberry Hill was recorded multiple times previous to this most popular version, which reached #2 for 3 weeks in 1956. Fats Domino version ranks #82 on Rolling Stone magazine's Top 500 songs ever.

Shown is a 45 containing the George Harrison songs "My Sweet Lord" and "Isn't It a Pity." Both songs are originally from the LP, "All Things Must Pass" and were produced by Harrison and Phil Spector. This 45 was released by Apple Records, Inc. of Columbia Records.

Rare and hard to find white label promo of Dreamlovers "Zoom Zoom Zoom" backed with "While We Dancing" released in 1962 on the Heritage label # H107. Heritage records was located at 250 South Broad Street in Philadelphia, now the home of the famous Merriam Theater.

Original 1958 Oscar McLollie and Jeanette Baker 45rpm "Hey Girl-Hey Boy" backed with "Let Me Know, Let Me Know" released on the Class label #228. This was Oscars only Pop hits and reached #61 in 1958.This tune was covered by Louis Prima and Keely Smith and turned into the title of one of their movies in 1959.

Rare 1962 Doo Wop Teen Surf Bopper 45 by The Stompers , "Quarter to Four Stomp" on Landa label #684 backed with "Foolish One"
"Quarter To Four Stomp" made the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the most minimal possible way, one week at No. 100 (the week of 3 March 1962)

Rare and Very hard to find White labeled promotional copy of 1953 Johnny Christmas and The Dynamics "Dum Dum" (The lollipop song) 45rpm on P.D.Q. Records # L-5002. After uploading this should be the only copy posted on the internet, promo or not.

Here is a video that contains a clip of the song along with breif Dum Dum history: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZOhGonh-CE

Both sides I would consider Hits, so I wonder which side was considered the "B" side. This is the 1957 pressing of Buddy Holly and The Crickets' hits, "Oh Boy" and "Not Fade Away" on Brunswick label #55035.

Buddy Holly and The Crickets, "That'll be the Day" backed with "I'm looking for Someone to Love" on Brunswick label first pressing from 1957. Brunswick records #55009. I really enjoyed "The Buddy Holly Story" movie and recommend watching to any music fan. I wasn't born until 1972, but have an appreciation for the oldies.

In 1959 RCA with the Glenn Miller estate, released this three LP album of some of Glenn Miller and his Orchestras' radio shows. The albums are in a hard bound cloth binding, and have a booklet inside explaining how the albums were made. The front page has a photograph of a letter from Helen Miller (Glenn's widow) giving her approval to the album. Previous to releasing this album, Victor released a 5 LP album by the name of Glenn Miller, Second Pressing, it was released in a hardbound leatherette binding in 1958.

The plane Glenn Miller was traveling in disappeared over the English Channel in 1944, the plane took off in a dense fog from an RAF base in England to Paris to rejoin the his Army Air Force Band that was already in Paris. The plane experienced icing conditions and went down.

Miller was a perfectionist, after each of the 15 minute Chesterfield broadcasts, Miller would listen to the show on glass disks (which theses albums were made from) to find out who was messing up during the broadcast so George T Simon says in his biography of Miller.

These radio recordings have been re-released on CD, along with those he recorded with the Andrews Sisters, which I also own, I also have the Complete Glenn Miller LPs and box CD set, along with his Army Air Force Recordings LPs and CDs. Recently I found an MP disk with 90 of his Chesterfield radio shows on it.

I was given this phonograph as a birthday present a few months ago. It's looks like the previous owner sprayed varnish all over it. I'd like to take it apart and restore it. The reproducer fell off and I have no idea how to put it back on. Do these phonographs come apart easy? Any advise on how to restore would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

Restoration is complete! It was a lot of fun. The first photo is the machine before the restoration. Below is a link to it playing a song.

Sound a lot like Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock" to my ears, but I guess all the musicians were trying to achieve Elvis' success at that time.
Joe Hughes "Make Me Dance Little Ant" backed with "I Can't go on this Way" on the Kangaroo Label # KA-106

This is another one of my favorite oldies, it's my near mint first edition Marvin Gaye "That Stubborn Kinda Fellow" LP from 1963. It's hard to find in good condition on the original Tamla label #239 in Mono.

Rockabilly Hall of Famer Rusty York's true passion and original roots was in country and bluegrass music. Although "Sugaree" earned him his spot in the Rocabilly Hall of Fame, he returned to bluegrass.
Here is a extended play (EP) 45rpm from my collection on the Blue Grass Special label #EP-600
track listing:
1) Little Rosewood Casket
2) Pretty Polly
3) Roving Gambler
4) Girl in Sunny Tennessee
5) Little Maggie
6) East Virginia Blues

I just found this in a large box of LP's I purchased at auction for $2 along with a few other rarities. I'm sure everyone has heard the Casey Kasem American Top 40 radio show, usually played on Sunday mornings when radio DJ's had the day off.
Unfortunately I received a warning email from Clear Channel Corporation's legal department stating I was NOT to sell this item or they would peruse legal action against me. They claim theses were loaned to radio stations and were to be destroyed or returned to them. There is only one licensee that is allowed to sell them online.

Pictured is a Barry White/Love Unlimited Orchestra 45 with "Love's Theme" on one side and "Sweet Moments" on the other. The former song is originally from the album, "Under the Influence of Love Unlimited." This 45 was released in 1973 by 20th Century Records.